hould an individual have have children if they know there is a chance they could pass on a trait that could have negative health consequences? Should individuals screen their genes through their health care provider before deciding to have children?

Q: Multifactorial inheritance Select all that apply. Traits that are determined by many genes and…

A: Multifactorial inheritance is a type of inheritance in which many factors are involved in causing a…

Q: What will thr possible offspring from a dad who is heterozygous for freckles and a mom who is…

A: Punnett square is a tabular summary that represents the genotype of offsprings during breeding…

Q: If both parents show a recessive trait then the offspring (children) will show what?…

A: A trait is defined as a particular characteristic of an individual or organism. Traits can be…

Q: Twin studies are often used in the research of human behavioral traits. Although helpful, there are…

A: - Dizygotic twins will generally share more than half of their genes-There is high maternal effects…

Q: Can a change in a protein's shape affect a trait? Why or why not? O Yes, because proteins are the…

A: Proteins are the functional assets of the cell. The information stored in the DNA is translated into…

Q: Red hair in humans is inherited as a recessive trait. Bill and Sarah both have black hair. They…

A: Recessive trait is the one which is only expressed in it its homozygous form. If the trait expresses…

Q: In the future, gene technology may make it possible for parents to produce children with athletic…

A: Gene editing is the process by which editing of a genome is done to produce certain desired results…

Q: Imagine you are a genetic counselor and a couple has come to you to learn more about their genetics…

A: As  in complete dominance neither allele is dominant. Inheritance the transmission of elements or…

Q: How can we determine how many polygenes are involved in the inheritance of a quantitative trait?…

A: The polygenic inheritance is the trait (phenotype) that is controlled by more than one genes.…

Q: The ability to roll the tongue into a tube is a single-gene dominant trait governed by the R The…

A: Mendel's Law of dominance : A dominant trait like rolling the tongue into tube is controlled by a…

Q: What are alleles?

A: The term allele is given by Bateson. Chromosome has all the information about how an organism should…

Q: he difference between dominant and recessive traits is … Group of answer choices: A.genes for…

A: Genetics referred to as the branch of biology that helps in studying the hereditary information and…

Q: Linda has a long palmar muscle.  Her parents, Rob and Grogg, do not have a long palmar muscle.…

A: Genetics is the study of genes and their effect on the body. Genes are the heritable characteristics…

Q: Before Mendel, people throught the genetic inheritance always involved blending. Give one piece of…

A: A sequence of nucleotides that determines a particular character is referred to as genes. Genes are…

Q: Does this statement is a  example of a phenocopy? Explain your reasoning. Q. Human height is…

A: Phenocopy basically refers to the variable phenotype for a single trait. It does not relate to…

Q: Single gene Mendelian inheritance patterns: if you are told the phenotype of the parents and whether…

A: Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve first three sub-parts for…

Q: Duchennnes’s muscular dystrophy is caused by a rare sex-linked allele and usually

A: Here , Duchennnes’s muscular dystrophy is X-linked recessive disease. Here given that mother's…

Q: A third-grader decided to breed guinea pigs for herschool science project. She went to a pet store…

A: A gene is the structural and functional unit of heredity, while an allele is the specific form of a…

Q: Like brown eyes, presence of dimples and cleft chin are dominant traits. Sarah has brown eyes and…

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Q: Height is a polygenic trait. These students in a genetics class lined up, with shorter individuals…

A: The polygenic trait is an exception to Mendel's rule. In this condition, a trait is controlled by…

Q: Two parents are both heterozygous for a single-gene recessive genetic trait. This means that their…

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Q: A man who can roll his tongue and a woman who cannot roll her tongue have a son who can roll his…

A: Genes that code for a pair of contrasting traits are referred to as alleles i.e., they're slightly…

Q: Take a look at this family. Each parent has a different color hair, one blond and one brown. The two…

A: Introduction Gene is the functional unit of heredity. We inherit all the characters from our…

Q: The phenotypes of complex traits vary with both genotype and environment. Therefore: O a. you cannot…

A: Gene expression is a field of Genetics which is of utmost interest. The two terms, Phenotype and…

Q: A man and his wife are both carriers for a recessive disease allele. If the couple has a child,…

A: A recessive disorder can be autosomal or X-linked. In female, phenotypic trait by recessive allele…

Q: Imagine other traits that could have been received from parents: maybe one parent has brown hair and…

A: Inheritance of Brown hair color and blonde hair color.

Q: A man with "hitch-hiker's thumb" mates with a woman who lacks this trait (but whose father had it).…

A: Hitchhiker’s thumb is a thumb that’s hypermobile, or very flexible, and able to bend backward beyond…

Q: If a dominant disorder is described as being 80% penetrant, what would this mean? O The amount of…

A: Genes are considered basic units of heredity. These contain DNA. Genes are arranged on the…

Q: You have used the Chi-Square Goodness of Fit test quite extensively. How useful do you find it in…

A: The χ2 statistic is used in genetics to illustrate if there are deviations from the expected…

Q: Armin and Annie are going to have a baby. Annie has dimples in her cheeks (a dominant trait), while…

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Q: Would you use gene therapy to enhance your basic traits such as height, intelligence and athletic…

A: Gene therapy is the technique that is involved to introduce the functional gene into the cells of…

Q: Choose a trait from the list above and describe if you are dominant or recessive for that trait. Do…

A: Introduction A gene exist as a two alternative forms called allele. When both the alleles of a gene…

Q: What are some ethical concerns associated with encouraging the birth of people with "desirable"…

A: The social and philosophical movement states that there is possibility to improve society and race…

Q: can you please explain to me how twin studies can reveal whether or not the appearance of a trait is…

A: Identical twins share the same Genetic pattern whereas non identical twins doesn't have the same…

Q: A gene for a particular trait that is expressed when two copies (homozygous) or just one copy of the…

A: The homozygous condition is the state in which two copies of a same allele of particular gene…

Q: Is there anything that you can't inherit from your parents? Select the traits in the list below that…

A: Genetical disorders are inherited from parents and that's why they are called genetic disorders.

Q: f1)Which of the following best describes polygenic traits?     A single trait is affected by…

A: Polygenic Traits:  A polygenic trait is one that is influenced by a number of non-allelic genes.…

Q: Being a computer analyst, he wanted to be very thorough in organizing the facts concerning his…

A: First of all, we should know that the dominant alleles show dominance and reflect the phenotype…

Q: Suppose we know both parents are heterozygous for a trait. Which would we predict if they have a lot…

A: Genes are the functional units of heredity. It carries information from one generation to another.…

Q: In humans’ widows peak is inherited by possession of a dominant allele W. If a man who is homozygous…

A: A widow's peak in human, is a V shaped point in the hairline in the centre of forehead. It is…

Q: Words to Know Fill in this table as you work through the lesson. You may also use the glossary to…

A: 1) Law of independent assortment  2) Dominant trait 3) Alleles  4) Recessive trait

Q: A trait exhibits 100% concordance for both monozygotic and dizygotic twins. What conclusion can you…

A: Genetics is the study of genes, their interactions, and the effect of environment on genes. Broadly…

Q: A child could have the same blood type as one of his/her parents but it doesn’t always happen that…

A: It does not happen always for example parents with AB and O blood groups would have blood groups of…

Q: Plsssssssss helppppppppp, how can NF1 be spontaneous? Include the following terms: -genotype -…

A: Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetic defect caused by a mutation in NF1 genes located on chromosome…

Q: Mendel's work was ignored for about 35 years, until it was essentially replicated. Meanwhile, cell…

A: The answer is false.

Q: Armin and Annie are going to have a baby. Annie has dimples in her cheeks (a dominant trait), while…

A: Genes are the functional units of heredity. It carries information from one generation to another.…

Q: . Mother's genotype = AA Father's genotype = AA ? | ? ________|________ ? | ? | Genotype Ratio…

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Q: Jack and Beulah have two kids, Bill and Jill. Jack and Bill have a widow’s peak, which is a dominant…

A: The inheritance pattern of a genetic trait depends on its dominant or recessive nature and if the…

Q: Define and explain the relationship between genotypes and phenotypes (50 words) and dominant and…

A: According to the question, we have to define and explain the relationship between genotypes and…

Q: Explain how you would go about determining therelative importance of genes and the environment…

A: Diabetes is a human disease that increases thirst and dilutes the urine. This disease occurs rarely…

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.