Explain Mutations in a gene are colinear with the sequence of amino acids in the encoded polypeptide?

Q: What are the nucleotides of the mRNA from gene Z?

A: The flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA, RNA to protein synthesis is called central dogma.…

Q: If a single strand of a gene contains 678 bases, how many amino acids result in the polypeptide…

A: The biochemical substance that is carried from the preceding generation to the succeeding generation…

Q: le) Frrors may occur during DNA replication, resulting in a change to the sequence of base triplets.…

A: Through the replication process, the information from one DNA molecule is replicated to create two…

Q: Assume alternative splicing can generate all permutations and combinations.  How many proteins…

A: Alternative splicing: The type of splicing that directs the mRNA to promote the synthesis of…

Q: Explain why all transposons include inverted repeats.

A: Transposable elements (TEs) are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequences that move from one location to…

Q: What does “Universality and Degeneracy” of the Genetic Code mean? State the significance of both the…

A: The genetic code is said to be nearly universal. It means that a given codon specifies the same…

Q: which DNA sequences are commonly found at human centromeric regions?

A: The cell biology is considered as the study of cells, their structure, and their functions. The…

Q: What are the codons for the variations amino acid?

A: Amino acids are organic compounds that combine to form proteins, which are the building blocks of…

Q: Occurrence of each codon on human transcriptome?

A: Replication, transcription , and translation are the three main processes that cells use to preserve…

Q: Explain point  mutations and frameshift mutations. Which is more apt to disrupt the  structure and…

A: Proteins are the expression of the information present in the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). This…

Q: What is a gene? Provide at least two different definitions and explain.

A: Gene is a segment of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) of an individual that is responsible for the…

Q: Explain the genetic advantage for the codon 5'-AAG-3' to code lysine and the codon 5'-AGG-3' to code…

A: Introduction Any of the 64 distinct DNA sequences of three consecutive nucleotides that either…

Q: Explain why single-nucleotide mutations in DNA occur at a constant rate, but the rate of protein…

A: Mutations are the alterations in the genetic material i.e. DNA. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is one…

Q: Do missense mutations occur in genes encoding tRNA? Why orwhy not?

A: The sudden, stable, inheritable change in the DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) is known as the mutation.…

Q: Explain how a mutation within a non-coding sequence may alter gene function.

A: Deoxy ribonucleic acid (DNA) is the genetic material of most organisms that carry coded genetic…

Q: What does it mean to say that gene expression is colinear?

A: A gene is a functional segment of DNA. A process by which the information which is present on the…

Q: Identify the conditions that account for the differentseasons

A: The period of a year that is characterized from others by some characteristic climatic conditions…

Q: What does the sequece of amino acids in gene determine ?

A: Amino acids are considered the basic unit of proteins. This is because each amino acid is joined…

Q: Explain why it is sometimes difficult to locate genomic regions that encode a protein.

A: A gene is a DNA-based functional heredity unit that delivers instructions for the production of RNA…

Q: What is a gene? Provide at least two different definitons and explain.

A: DNA contains gene that has genetic information and passes to the next generation. The functional…

Q: do introns or 3′ untranslated regions of a gene have higher rates of nucleotide substitution?…

A: Introns are the regions that include non-coding regions of the RNA transcript. The introns are…

Q: Assume alternative splicing can generate all permutations and combinations.  How many proteins could…

A: Alternative splicing is a process that enables a messenger RNA (mRNA) to direct synthesis of…

Q: State the DNA sequence that encodes the anticodon that recognizes the codon AAG, with 5’ and 3’ ends…

A: An anticodon is a trinucleotide sequence that is complementary to the corresponding codon in a…

Q: describe a mutation that does not alter the amino acid sequence of a protein

A: introduction A mutation is a change in a DNA sequence. Mutations can result from DNA copying…

Q: Define the pre-mRNA & mRNA spliceforms of Mutuallyexclusive exons ?

A: A gene is the essential physical and functional unit of heredity. They are comprised of DNA…

Q: Identify the secondary structures present in the protein and its genes code…

A: Proteins are large biomolecules that compose structural and motor elements of a cell, and also as…

Q: What role bosomes play in carrying out genetic instructions?

A: The genetic substance is DNA. Gene expression is the process of turning genes on to produce RNA and…

Q: In what ways does the double helix explain the essential properties of a gene?

A: DNA Double Helix The three dimensional structure of DNA, first proposed by James D Watson and…

Q: If a gene is made up of 26% Adenine, then how much of it is Cytosine?

A: Answer: DNA : Deoxyribonucleic acid which acts as the genetic material, it composed of four nucleic…

Q: What could be the effect of a deletion, substitution or addition that alters the sequence of the…

A: Stop codon is a nucleotide triplet which is present in mRNA. This is also known as termination…

Q: Explain why a heteroduplex region may be produced after branch migration occurs.

A: DNA full form is deoxyribonucleic acid. DNA is the main constituent of the chromosome. It contains…

Q: explain Gene mutations caused by TEs

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

Q: Explain the Correlation of polarities in DNA, mRNA, and polypeptide?

A: A gene is a sequence of DNA that encodes a polypeptide arrangement. It is changed over into a…

Q: Explain why transposons induce mutations.

A: A mutation occurs/happens when the sequence/structure of DNA changes. Mutations can occur as a…

Q: Define the mutations of the second base of triplet codons ?

A: Alteration of single base pair is called as point mutation. Point mutations can have one of three…

Q: The structural portion of genes contains two distinct types of regions—exons and introns. Which…

A: Introns and exons are nucleotide sequences inside a gene. They both are distinct regions of the…

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: What happens when one nucleotide pair is lost from themiddle of the coding sequence of a gene?

A: Gene is a stretch of DNA that codes for a particular polypeptide chain.

Q: What would be the effect of a mutation that causes a poly(A)-binding protein to be nonfunctional?

A: Poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) is a RNA binding protein, which helps the polyadenylate polymerase…

Q: Give examples of the different classes of mutations that affect the base sequence of DNA in protein…

A: Mutations are well stated to define that they are used to refer to changes or alterations that occur…

Q: identify all the amino acid-specifying codons in thegenetic code where a point mutation (a single…

A: The mutation is sudden change occurs in genetic material. It can be due to ultra-violet rays,…

Q: Explain the Encoding Genetic Information.

A: Encoding refers to the conversion of one form into another and biological encoding refers to the…

Q: Explain the Mutations at the Huntington disease locus are caused by an expansion of a trinucleotide…

A: Huntington’s disease is a brain disorder that is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. It is…

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A: Genes are the basic unit of the heredity and these  genes forms the genotype of the organism. Gene…

Q: Define the terms codon and anticodon, and list three start and stop codons.

A: Codon and Anticodon plays an significant role in the transcription and translation of the DNA and…

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.