Discuss the consequences of a germ-line versus a somatic mutation.

Q: What are the chances of occurrence of hypermorphic mutation?

A: Mutations are defined as the permanent change in the DNA’s base sequence. The mutation that…

Q: A silent mutation and a missense mutation can both result from

A: Transition mutation refers to a point mutation that changes a purine nucleotide to another purine (A…

Q: discuss what is mutagenesis and what mechanisms are invloved?

A: Mutagenesis : It is the process by which an organism's deoxyribonucleic acid change , resulting in a…

Q: Illustrate and give the normal sequence and the mutated sequence in Leigh's syndrome

A: A disease is a state of unhealthiness of the physical body, mind and social interaction. A disease…

Q: Describe in detail three spontaneous lesions that can lead to mutations. Give examples.

A: Three spontaneous lesions are depurination, deamination, and transversions. 1. Depurination occurs…

Q: Describe three examples of errors in cellular processes that lead to DNA duplications.

A: In molecular biology, DNA replication or duplication is the natural cycle of creating two…

Q: What are the effects of duplication mutation?

A: Mutations are the alterations or the changes that occur in the DNA. Mutagens are the agents that are…

Q: Explain Deleterious mutations?

A: Mutations are the alterations in the genetic sequence which eventually results in the genetic…

Q: Define nonsense mutation and silent mutation.

A: In genetics, the mutation is defined as the process of change or alteration in the DNA sequences of…

Q: Identify which mutagen is described by the following statement. Causes alkylation of guanine bases.…

A: Mutagens are the physical or chemical components which causes a permanent change in the genetic…

Q: Define mis-sense mutation and non-sense mutation.

A: Changes or alteration in DNA  that results in some altered expression is known as mutation.

Q: Explain about the pleiotropic gene.

A: A gene is a stretch of nucleotides present in the DNA. It codes for the synthesis of an RNA or…

Q: What is a mutation? How does a mutation lead to an altered phenotype? Describe two specific types of…

A: The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of the body. A cell is composed of various cell…

Q: What is the difference between a germline mutation and a somatic mutation?

A: A mutation is a biological process occurring in the Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence due to…

Q: Explain why loss-of-function mutations are frequently recessive, whereas gain-of-function mutations…

A: Mutation is an altered DNA sequence, which leads to changed gene product. Mutations are random and…

Q: Distinguish between an inherited and a de novo mutation.

A: DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid) is the genetic material that the organism inherits from the parental…

Q: Define Suppressor Mutations.

A: Suppressor mutations are helpful for distinguishing new genetic sites that have an effect on a…

Q: Explain about Molecular Alterations to the Genome  ?

A: a genome is all genetic material of a creature. It comprises of DNA (or RNA in RNA virus). The…

Q: What is A hypermorphic mutation?

A: The mutations are classified based on their behavior in terms of genetic interactions. The Nobel…

Q: explain substitution, insertion, and deletion gene mutations including the potential results of the…

A: Gene mutation is the alternation of the nucleotide sequences in the the DNA. In DNA four types of…

Q: What are neomorphic mutations?

A: Any permanent change in the DNA’s nucleotide sequence is termed as mutations. Based on their effect…

Q: How to identify all the somatic mutationswithin tumors ?

A: A somatic mutation is a modification within the desoxyribonucleic acid sequence of a somatic cell of…

Q: Explain how DNA methylation is heritable.

A: DNA methylation is the structural modification in the DNA that is done by the covalently addition of…

Q: How will this mutation affect the golden retriever puppy?

A: Transcription is the process which makes mRNA from DNA in complementary manner. The A, U, G and C of…

Q: Outline how mutations arise by depurination, deamination, and tautomeric shifts.

A: The mutation is the sudden and stable change within an organism. It can be due to environmental…

Q: Describe four types of point mutations: transitions, transversion, deletions, and additions?

A: Mutation is the sudden heritable changes that occur in the DNA sequences due to error while copying…

Q: define gene mutation.

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

Q: Explain how transposons cause mutations.

A: Introduction Transposons are the short highly repeated DNA sequence present in heterochromatic…

Q: three different types of loss of function mutations and in each case explain how the mutation exerts…

A: A mutation is any alteration of the base sequence of the DNA or RNA. Since mutation alters the base…

Q: What are the chances of occurrence of antimorphic mutation?

A: Mutation is defined as sudden inheritable change that occurs usually in the DNA sequence.  Mutation…

Q: Describe four types of point mutations: transitions,transversions, deletions, and insertions.

A: A rapid change in the sequence of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) due to physical or chemical factors is…

Q: Explain Null (amorphic) and leaky mutations (hypomorphic), hypermorphic and neomorphic mutations

A: Mutations (changes in a gene sequence) can result in mutant alleles that no longer produce the same…

Q: Descrive  the difference between a missense mutation and a nonsense mutation?

A: The mutation is the change in the DNA sequence that can be responsible for changing in the amino…

Q: Please explain the different type of mutations and how do they  occur?

A: Mutation is change taking place in sequence of DNA which can occur either because of mistake during…

Q: A. What is random mutagenesis? B. How many people a year die due to insecticide misuse and exposure?

A: Selective breeding practises having existed for crops ever since man started cultivation. So there…

Q: Transverion mutations result from

A: Mutation is a change in nucleotide sequence in a polynucleotide chain. This can be natural or…

Q: Give Examples of oncogenic mutations?

A: An oncogene is a gene that has the potential to cause cancer when these genes are mutated or…

Q: What are the chances of occurence of amorphic mutation?

A: Mutations are defined as the change in the sequence of DNA of an organism due to any environmental…

Q: Describe the primary causes and types of mutations. Give an example of a mutation that is benefi…

A: DNA molecule is a hereditary molecule it is made up of nucleotides. Each nucleotide is made up of…

Q: Give the examples of Human Disorders Caused by Single-Gene Mutations ?

A: A single gene disorder is caused by mutations in the DNA sequence of a specific gene or at an…

Q: Discuss the changes in chromosomes that contribute to the mutations tabulated in Table above

A: A mutation is a change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA that occurs suddenly and permanently. It…

Q: List the three basic categories of chromosome mutations and define each one.

A: Aneuploidy refers to a condition of an abnormal or unusual number of chromosomes. Normally each…

Q: Describe a tautomeric shift and how it may lead to a mutation.

A: A mutation is a permanent change in the DNA of a cell such that the sequence deviates from what is…

Q: in a paragraph discuss some examples of the effects of chromosomal mutations in humans in your own…

A: The majority of mutations develop when the DNA fails to duplicate correctly. All of these mutations…

Q: Discuss the possible effects of mutations

A: A mutation is the change in the nucleotide sequence of a DNA molecule. Mutation may arise due to any…

Q: Explain maternal-effect mutations?

A: Mutation means sudden changes occur in DNA sequences. The mutation occurs randomly. It also occurs…

Q: Define and compare the outcomes of the following types of nucleotide substitutions, insertion or…

A: Mutations are changes that occurs in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence, either due to…

Q: Place these events in the order they occur during mutagenesis:

A: Mutagenesis could be a method by that the genetic info of an organism is modified by the assembly of…

Q: What are the effects of deletion mutation?

A: INTRODUCTION: Deletion mutation occurs when a part of DNA is not copied or replicated during the…

Q: Describe the three general groups of chemical mutagens.

A: A mutagen is a chemical or physical agent that has the capacity to change the genetic sequence in a…

Q: Discuss the types of mutations (chromosome and gene mutations).

A: Mutation is any change in the DNA sequence that an ultimately responsible for a point mutation or…

Q: single gene mutation

A: Introduction : Variations (or mutations) in the DNA sequence of a particular gene are what's…

Q: Distinguish between germ-line and somatic mutations.

A:

Q: What is mutation? Distinguish between (i) neutral and silent mutation (ii) germ line and somatic…

A: Mutations can sometimes be beneficial, when they result in traits that will benefit the organism.…

Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.