Describe the process that results in the formation of a tetrad.

Q: Identify the parts (A, B, C, D) of the chromosome below. B A

A: Answer: A = Chromatids  B = Centromere C = Kinetochore  D = Kinetochore microtubules  It is the…

Q: Describe how reciprocal translocations align during meiosis and how they segregate.

A: RECIPROCAL TRANSLOCATION:-  When the two non-homologous chromosomes exchange information/material…

Q: Please write in digital format Define the following terms: a) Triploid b) Monosomic c) Trisomic d)…

A: Normal cell has a diploid number of chromosomes. Each cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes out of which…

Q: What is a homologous pair (also called a tetrad)?

A: The chromatid is the newly synthesized copy of the original chromosome that is attached to it with…

Q: For a species with a diploid number of 36, indicate how many chromosomes will be present in the…

A: Haploid: Having only one set of chromosomes, i.e, n-chromosomes. Triploid, Tetraploid is a condition…

Q: What is the difference between Meiosis I and Meiosis II?

A: Meiosis is a process in which a single parent cell divides and produces four daughter cells…

Q: In Meiosis, what is a tetrad?

A: A Bivalent or the pair of homologus chromosome with 4 sister chromatids. It is typically formed…

Q: What are   most common types of aneuploidy?

A: The presence of an abnormal chromosomal number in a cell is called aneuploidy. The presence of an…

Q: For an organism with haploid number of 15, fill in the following table:

A: Haploid cells Haploid cells have only one set of chromosomes. Most of organism produce haploid…

Q: Explain the Rules for Tetrad Analysis?

A: A tetrad is a group of four spores packed in the cell body of the parent. The spores are produced as…

Q: Define euploid and aneuploid?

A: Chromosomes are long thread-like structures that carry coded genetic information in the form of DNA.…

Q: What is the relationship between nondisjunction and aneuploidy?

A: A karyotype represent all chromosomes that are found in an organism. In human beings, there are 23…

Q: Why are triploid plants infertile?

A: The plants with three sets of chromosomes called triploid (3n) plants. These plants morphologically…

Q: what is the benefit of crossing over?

A: REPRODUCTION:- It is the production of offspring from the parents. It is of two types:- 1)Asexual…

Q: Explain the terms: (a) aneuploidy, (b) polyploidy.

A: The term ploidy refers to the total number of chromosomes.  Several mechanisms take place to…

Q: Differentiate between x and n as they apply tochromosome number in euploids and aneuploids.

A: Euploidy is a condition that causes an increase in one or more complete basic set of chromosomes.…

Q: Explain the meaning of diploid.

A: The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of our body. It carries out many functions in…

Q: discuss the The genetics of tetraploidy.

A: Chromosomal aberration is referred to as abnormality in the sequence or the arrangement of the…

Q: How would you make a monoploid plantlet by starting with a diploid plant?

A: A Monoploid is an individual with one set of chromosomes and an individual with two set…

Q: What is a tetraploid plant?

A: Polyploidy is referred to as a condition in which the cells consist of more than one pair of each…

Q: What is haploid (n) ?

A: The gametes of an organism consist of half the chromosomes that are normally found in diploid body…

Q: Why are inversions and reciprocal translocations less likely to belethal than are aneuploidy,…

A: Every living species have two types of cells, somatic cells (diploid) which are responsible for…

Q: What is meant by aneuploidy?

A: The chromosomes are thread-like structure located in the nuclei of both plant and animal cells. They…

Q: Explain how chromosome deletions, inversions, and translocations can cause cance

A: any change in the number or structure of the chromosome is termed as chromosome aberration, it is of…

Q: Define aneuploid.

A: Chromosomal aberrations also known as macromutation are of two types- variation in chromosome number…

Q: In a plant which is 2n=24, what is the total number of CHROMATIDS present during prophase I of…

A: The diploid chromosome number is the number of chromosomes inside a cell's core. This number is…

Q: How is a cross made in a fungus such as Neurospora?Explain how to isolate asci and individual…

A: Fungi are microbial organisms that are placed under Kingdom Fungi. They are multicellular eukaryotic…

Q: If an organism has a haploid number of three, how many tetrad structures will align on the…

A: If an organism has a haploid number of three, how many tetrad structures will align on the…

Q: Give the chromosome number for the following:  1. 2n=4 treated with colchicine to produce an…

A: Every organisms have different chromosomes number. In human chromosome number is 46 , it is varies…

Q: Discuss the following sets of terms: a) trisomy and triploidy, b) aneuploidy and polyploidy.

A: In human cells normal number of chromosomes is 46.Abnormality in this number results in syndromes or…

Q: Maintenance of a tetraploid species depends on the which factors?

A: Introduction: Polyploidy is a genome duplication process in which cells of an organism get more than…

Q: Will you observe fertile gametes if bridges were observed cytologically?

A: Cytology is the term that comes from cell biology. The Indian Father of Cytology is Arun Kumar…

Q: For a species with a diploid number of 18, indicate how many chromosomes will be present in the…

A: A compactly packed structure composed of proteins and nucleic acids is the chromosome. A network of…

Q: What happens When a gamete is fertilized by a standard haploid gamete ?

A: BASIC INFORMATION  GAMETES  These are basically the reproductive cells of the organisms. Sex cells…

Q: explain the Pairing of chromosomes as bivalents during tetraploidy

A: The thread-like structures present inside the nucleus of cells are known as chromosomes. It is…

Q: What is Allotetraploid?

A: Chromosomes are long thread-like structures that carry coded genetic information in the form of DNA.…

Q: Given the diploid chromosome number highlighted above, what is the haploid chromosome number?

A: Cell division is the process of division of cell which occurs by two process - Mitosis Meiosis…

Q: Describe how a ring chromosome forms

A: Ring chromosome is result from two terminal breakage in the both arms of same chromosome, whose ends…

Q: What are the number of chromosomes in mustard weed?

A: Chromosomes are long thread-like structures that carry coded genetic information in the form of DNA.…

Q: What is the approximate size of chromosome 7 inMb?

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structures that are located in the nucleus. It is composed of protein…

Q: List four major types of aneuploidy.

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structures situated inside the nucleus of plant and animal cells.…

Q: An individual heterozygous for a reciprocal translocation possesses the following chromosomes: A B •…

A: Translocation is caused Due to separation of a chromosome segment and its union to a non-homologous…

Q: explain the distinction between x and n as they apply tochromosome number in euploids and…

A: Chromosomes are long thread-like structures that carry coded genetic information in the form of DNA.…

Q: if a plant is an auto-tetraploid with the genotype A1A1A2A2, what is the frequenct of offspring with…

A: Autotetraploid plant is a kind of autopolyploid plant that contains four similar genomes. This can…

Q: Common red clover, Trifolium pratense, is a diploidwith 14 chromosomes per somatic cell. What…

A: Trifolium pratense is the herbaceous species of the flowering plant. It belongs to the bean family…

Q: Explain why allotetraploids are more likely than allodiploids to be fertile?

A: Fertility is the ability of an individual to produce an offspring. It is different from fecundity,…

Q: An individual is heterozygous for a reciprocal translocation, with the following chromosomes: A • B…

A: Translocation in chromosomes refers to the abnormal chromosomal rearrangement. It could be a…

Q: explain briefly    The genetics of tetraploidy

A: Euploidy is a variation in chromosomes that includes entire chromosomal set in a cell or organism.…

Q: What would be the result if a chromosome did not have a kinetochore?

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA is the hereditary material present in the nucleus of the cell. It…

Q: What is an example of polyploidy?

A: The ploidy term refers the number of sets of the chromosomes. The euploidy refers to the chromosomal…