How is mitochondrial DNA transmitted to children?

Q: Where are Drosophila melanogaster found?

A: Drosophila belongs to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are commonly called as small fruit…

Q: What is a polyp?

A: In the normal cell cycle, the cell undergoes controlled division, differentiation, and…

Q: How does mitochondrial inheritance work?

A: Cell division is a process of a parent cell replicating it chromosomal content and dividing itself…

Q: Which gene  is inherited from the mother only?

A: Cell division is a process of a parent cell replicating it chromosomal content and dividing itself…

Q: How do monocilia function in development?

A: Renal epithelial can be defined as the single layer of cells that will lining the nephron. Renal…

Q: What are Extrachromosomal elements?

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structure, which are composed of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and…

Q: Which sex normally contributes the mitochondrial genes to the offspring?

A: mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA) is found in the mitochondria, cellular organelles inside the eukaryotic…

Q: Why mitochondrial DNA is inherited from mother only in contrast with nuclear DNA which inherited…

A: DNA is the genetic material in most living organisms. It is the information hub of the cell that…

Q: What in Genetics ishybridization?

A: Genetics is a study of genes which are basic units of heredity. Heredity is a process by which…

Q: What disease is Trisomy 15?

A: Disease:   When an organism’s body system does not work properly or any organ affects by viruses,…

Q: What causes extra chromosomes?

A: Chromosomes are long thread like structures present in the nucleus of all the cells. They carry…

Q: What is a chromosomal island and how can one be identified asbeing of foreign origin?

A: The term chromosomal island is generally used in microbiology with regard to the bacteria. The…

Q: What is a recombianation event?

A: Recombination does occur when two molecules of DNA exchange pieces of their genetic material with…

Q: How are homologs similar to each other and how arethey different?

A: Recombination and random segregation of genetic material from the mother and father into new cells…

Q: What are haploidentical paternal regions?

A: Haploidentical transplant is a type of allogeneic transplant. It is a half matched stem cell…

Q: What is mitochondrial inheritance?

A: Mitochondria are a type of an organelle present in a cell. It is primarily responsible for the…

Q: Where indri-indri lemur is found?

A: The indri, also called the babakoto, is one of the largest living lemurs, with a head-and-body…

Q: determine approximately when Mitochondrial Eve lived?

A: Mitochondrial Eve is called the “mother” of humans. She is thus the maternal ancestor of humans.

Q: How many number of genes a Human (Homo sapiens) has ?

A: Genes are the blueprint of all organisms. It is the entire sequence of DNA inherited from one…

Q: How to reduce chromosomal abnormalities?

A: Chromosomal abnormalities can be structural or numerical. A structural chromosomal abnormality means…

Q: how Mitochondrial Gene Expression HasUnusual Features?

A: Mitochondria and chloroplast are the two cell organelles that contain their own genome.…

Q: What are the number of chromosomes in lung fish?

A: A chromosome is a compact structure of a DNA molecule wrapped around some proteins. It is generally…

Q: Can two normal individuals of the same species with sexual reproduction have identical genomes and…

A: Sexual reproduction requires gametes. Gametes are produced by meiosis. During meiosis, crossing over…

Q: Differences between mitochondrial inheritance and genetic maternal effect?

A: Answer- Mitochondrial inheritance is a type of inheritance of characters coded by mitochondrial…

Q: What causes Extrachromosomal inheritance?

A: Inheritance or heredity is passing-on one trait form the parents to the progeny by either asexual or…

Q: What is blastomeres?

A: Embryonic development is also called as embryogenesis. It is a process by which the embryo forms and…

Q: What are the steps in the life of a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial precursor

A: Mitochondria have their own DNA, which is a tiny circular helix that is roughly 16 kb in size. Only…

Q: Can sperm with DNA fragmentation fertilize an egg?

A: The process that involves fusion of the male and female gametes namely sperm and ovum respectively…

Q: What is the most important gene in the XIC?

A: XIC is the X- inactivation center present on the q (long) arm of X chromosome. This region includes…

Q: why do the embryos of different species resemble each other?

A: The embryo is an early stage of development in multicellular organism (from fertilization to start…

Q: How to diagnose aneuploidy?

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

Q: How does a chromosomal duplication occur?

A: When a part of chromosome is present in two copies or duplicated, it is known as duplication. This…

Q: What is Generation X?

A: Definition: -Generation X is defined as a collective term used to refer to all the Americans born in…

Q: Zygotic Genes Determine Segment Number and Polarity?

A: Genes are the set of nucleotides present in a chromosome that encodes for particular information…

Q: what are  chromosomal abnormalities??

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule composed of two polynucleotide chains. It coils around…

Q: What is diploid genome ?

A: The examination of a person's entire genome, along with how their genes communicate with one another…

Q: Is there a difference between maternal effect and cytoplasmic inheritance?

A: Inheritance is the process by which this genetic information present in the genes is passed on from…

Q: How do orthologous genes arise?

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Q: How many are in each stage?

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Q: Do males pass on mitochondrial DNA?

A: Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the small circular chromosome found inside mitochondria. The…

Q: How do taenias classifyaccording to the division ofsexes?

A: Taenia is a genus of tapeworm belonging to Phylum Platyhelminthes. This phylum is characterised by…

Q: Explain the extranuclear inheritance ?

A: Non-mendelian inheritance is a type of inheritance in which a trait was transmitted from parent to…

Q: What is maternal inheritance in genetics?

A: Inheritance is the transmission of genetic traits from one generation to next. DNA is the genetic…

Q: Do females pass on mitochondrial DNA?

A: The DNA consists of genes that are the functional and physical unit of inheritance. There are some…

Q: What does Germline DNA refers to?

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the genetic material that carries information from one generation to…

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.