Differentiate congenital from genetic defects.

Q: Explain respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn?

A: We know that Respiration is the mechanism by which atmospheric oxygen is absorbed into the…

Q: Differentiate between genetic disorders and chromosomal disorders, and give an example of each.

A: Genetic material is nothing but the sequence of nucleic acids which is called as DNA. It contains…

Q: Explain block to polyspermy?

A: Polyspermy: - It is the process, where egg has been fertilized by so many sperms. In this condition…

Q: Describe polygenic inheritance.

A: Polygenic inheritance is the inheritance of traits which is determined by multiple gene. These genes…

Q: What are the influences disease may have on emotional, mental, and physical development when a child…

A: Cystic fibrosis is a multi systemic life limiting disorder of genetics.It majorly impact the…

Q: If a male has fragile X syndrome, is his mother or father more likely to be a carrier for the…

A: The genetic disorder Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is characterised by mild-to-moderate intellectual…

Q: Distinguish between autosomal recessive and autosomaldominant genetic disorders.

A: A genetic disorder is responsible for causing health problems due to the persistence of one or more…

Q: Viruses and chemicals that cause congenitalanatomical deformities are called ______.

A: Virus is a non-living pathogenic agent which depends on its host for survival. It is  composed of…

Q: Describe preimplantation embryo diagnosis

A: Preimplantation means before implantation. Implantation is the attachment of the blastocyst or…

Q: Describe the general events of embryonicdevelopment, and identify the end result of each.

A: Introduction: Embryonic development is also known as embryogenesis and forms the main part of the…

Q: Discuss some types of birth defects and major categories of their causes?

A: Birth Defect:                  The deformity in the structural morphology by birth that occurs in…

Q: does Turner syndrome more common in males or females?

A: Set of certain symptoms related to underlying genetic characteristics of an organism resulting in a…

Q: Describe the common congenital abnormalities in malesand females.

A: Congenital abnormalities are also called congenital abnormalities, congenital disorders, or birth…

Q: Explain the common causes of developmental disorders andtheir relationship to fetal development.

A: An individual who has mental, physical impairment by the age of 22 which is likely to continue…

Q: Outline the stages of birth

A: Labour has 3 stages:

Q: Define dystrophies

A: Answer: Introduction: Presently no cure for muscular dystrophy (MD), but a diversity of treatments…

Q: Define allopatric

A: Speciation is a phenomenon that gives rise to new species. A single evolutionary lineage is split to…

Q: Define fetal

A: Fetal is the unborn baby of human being, or we can say developing baby inside the female womb. Fetal…

Q: How does the risk of chromosomal abnormality in a child change with themother’s age?

A: Chromosomal anomaly, abnormality or aberration refers to the abnormality in the structure and number…

Q: Describe the major changes that occur to the newborn during the neonatal period?

A: A neonatal period is the first four weeks of a baby’s life, which includes rapid physiological…

Q: Can diagnostic tests provide full information on the extentof effects of Down syndrome in an…

A: Chromosomes are made up of the strands of Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). This carries the genetic…

Q: Define maternal effect

A: A genotype of an organism is a collection of all the genes that are responsible for all its…

Q: Define about the TRED in fragile X syndrome ?

A: Fragile X syndrome :  It is a genetic disorder which occurs as a result of a mutation in FMR1 gene…

Q: Describe the process of embryonic induction, and provide anexample

A: Induction in biology means inducing a process or causing a process to occur.

Q: c. What is the overall probability that the unborn child will be unaffected by the trait and be a…

A: Pedigree Pedigree or genealogy is a study of ancestry. A pedigree is a chart or table that hold the…

Q: What major changes happen during the fetal stage ofdevelopment?

A: Fetal stage extends from the end of the eighth week and continues until the birth.

Q: Describe the inheritance pattern of autosomal recessive,autosomal dominant, and X-linked recessive…

A: Inheritance is the process by which genetic information is passed on to the child from parents. The…

Q: Identify and describe the major events during the fetal stage ofdevelopment.

A: The fusion of an ovum and a sperm produce a zygote. This process is called fertilization. After…

Q: Explain autosomal dominant and recessive traits.

A: Any genetically determined characteristic of living things that could be passed on to their…

Q: Identify the mode of inheritance and explain

A: The mode of inheritance is a pattern of obtaining parentral alleles  or genes to the offsprings. The…

Q: What are affects when Nondisjunction occurs?

A: The separation of the sister chromatids or homologous chromosomes is one of the defined steps of…

Q: Summarize the four main classes of chromosomalrearrangements.

A: Chromosomal rearrangement is when a part of the chromosome is broken or some portion is added to the…

Q: Describe the changes that occur during the first yearafter birth.

A: The first year after birth, a baby is called an infant. Childhood starts at the age of two and last…

Q: Define congenital, genetic, chromosomal, developmental,and multifactorial disorders.

A: Chromosomal abnormalities are uncommon on their own, but they are prevalent in groups, whereas…

Q: Which inheritance is Uniparental?

A: Inheritance is the transmission of genetic traits from parents to the progeny.

Q: describe Mechanisms leading to maternal inheritance oforganelles

A: A form of inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are maternal in origin due to the…

Q: Differentiate between a genetic disorder and a geneticabnormality

A: Genetics is the study of genes. The expression of genes can affect the phenotype of an organism.…

Q: Define blastocele

A: Embryogenesis is characterized by a successive series of dynamic cycles that incorporate cell…

Q: Show the relationship between the incidence of children born with Down syndrome and maternal age ?

A: Genetic Disorders are the type of disorders when DNA abnormality is inherited. Down syndrome is a…

Q: Differentiate a multifactorial disorder from a chromosomal disorder.

A: Multifactorial diseases are not confined and do not follow any specific pattern of single gene…