Is Alzheimer’s disease always linked to a mutation in a single gene? Provide evidence that supports this claim.

Q: Has Alzheimer’s disease been associated with genes other than APP? Provide evidence from the…

A: Alzheimer's disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and…

Q: Carol recently turned 50 and is worried about developing Alzheimer's disease. Her mother suffered…

A: Alzheimer's disease refers to irreversible, progressive, neurologic disorder. It gradually destroys…

Q: What is Epigenetic Memory?

A: Genome is the set of genetic material. It is a collection of all genes present in an organism. Genes…

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: Explain about the epigenetic differences ?

A: Introduction Expression of gene is highly under control by various mechanisms such as histone…

Q: The Effects of a Mutation are  Difficult to Predict Why?

A: A mutation is a change that occurs in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)when it is damaged or changed…

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: suggest reasons for why DNA mutations are not all phenotypic.

A: Mutation is a change in nucleotide sequence of DNA which can occur either due to mistakes during DNA…

Q: Will the current genetic counselling will lead to eugenics? Why or why not?

A: Answer: Introduction: Genetic counselling is the procedure by that information about the genetic…

Q: Is the mutation in the sickle cell gene a point mutation or a frameshift mutation?

A: Point mutations are a large category of mutations that describe a change in single nucleotide of…

Q: How is an epigenetic change different from a mutation?

A: Epigenetics can be defined as the study of heritable changes that usually occur in gene expression…

Q: What is inheritable mutation?

A: A mutation is a sudden change in the sequence of DNA.

Q: Some people have said that epigenetics provides genes with a memory. Explain how epigenetics allows…

A: There are many epigenetic mechanisms independent of genetic mechanisms that regulate gene expression…

Q: Explain about the Identification and Cloning of the Huntington Gene ?

A: Genetics is a part of science worried about the investigation of genes, genetic variety, and…

Q: Explain how enhancers work and how they are identified

A: A gene is a set of nucleotides that codes for a particular protein. Gene expression causes the…

Q: Why is neurospora an important genetic tool?

A: Neurospora is an ascomycetes fungus which has been used as a biological tool in order to understand…

Q: Explain what happens in frameshift mutation? Name one disease caused by the disorder?

A: Addition or deletion of nucleotide in protein coding region of gene can shift the translational…

Q: What makes neurospora so important as a genetic tool?

A: Neurospora is a genus of ascomycetous fungi, which are used extensively in genetic research and have…

Q: What real-life implications does epigenetics have in the clinical practice setting?

A: Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene expression that do not involve changes in DNA…

Q: Explain about suppressor mutation ?

A: Suppressor mutation is a second mutation.

Q: Are Mutations Helpful or Harmful?

A: Mutations are sudden changes in the structure and function of chromosomes.

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: which word describes the majority of permanent genetic mutations?

A: A mutation is a change in our DNA sequence that happens as a result of errors in DNA copying or…

Q: Why genetic components are associated with Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases ?

A: Alzheimer and Parkinson disease are neurodegenerative diseases. Alzheimer disease leads to dementia.…

Q: What is the relationship between beta-amyloid and the protein APP? How does the APP protein differ…

A: It is a progressive neurological disorder that causes the brain to shrink and brain cells to die.

Q: What are epigenetic changes?

A: Epigenetics refers to the study of heritable changes in gene expression that do not involve changes…

Q: How do studies of brain development in knockout mice support the statement that apoptosis is a…

A: Apotopsis is a process of programmed cell death. It is a process in which the cell division is…

Q: Describe a potential strategy for the treatment of epigenetic disease.

A: Epigenetic diseases are a type of disorder caused by changes in gene expression, which can be…

Q: What is silent mutation ?

A: A point mutation was the type of mutation which involves in alteration of a single base-pair .where…

Q: If a mutation occurs, it does not necessarily cause a genetic disease. Why?

A: The mutation is a sudden change in the DNA sequence in an organism that causes changes in nucleotide…

Q: Explain why an investigator might want to create aconditional knockout mouse.

A: A conditional Knockout mouse defines an animal model in which a gene of interest can be: inactivated…

Q: Why is mutation important

A: Mutation refers to any change from normal DNA sequence. There are various reasons for mutation…

Q: What is the difference between gain of function and loss of function mutations?

A: Mutations is a change in a DNA sequence that can be caused due to DNA replication error made during…

Q: What is called mutation breeding?

A: A mutation is a sudden and inheritable change in the DNA molecule. This change is brought about by…

Q: Draw a schematic diagram of how we can Treatment Parkinson's disease by using gene therapy?

A: A virus is a small strand of nucleic acid that can enter a cell and use the cell's system to…

Q: What are enhancers and How do enhancers work?

A: Transcription is defined as the transcribing the DNA sequence into  RNA sequence by using the DNA as…

Q: Why is mutation important?

A: A mutation is a random change and it occurs when the sequence of DNA changes. the result of DNA…

Q: Select any one type of genetic mutation and explain it with the help of related Disorder?

A: A change is a modification in the nucleotide succession of the genome of a life form, infection, or…

Q: how this stuttering mechanism can change the number of repeat units at theSSR locus responsible for…

A: Huntington’s disease causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain which causes the…

Q: Explain the Analysis of Neurospora Mutants by Beadle and Tatum ?

A: Neurospora crassa or red mould is a fungi. It can be grown easily in culture medium supplanted with…

Q: The observation that schizophrenia is associated with duplications of a certain copy number variant…

A: CNV  has been observed in various disorders like AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, SCHIZOPHRENIA,…

Q: Why has gene therapy not been the success that was expected when it was first proposed as a viable…

A: Introduction:- Gene therapy includes modifying genes within the body's cells to treat or prevent…

Q: Are all human mutations handed on to their children? Please explain.

A: Mutations are changes in the DNA sequence of organism which may or may not affect its phenotype.

Q: Does The Effects of a Mutation Can Be Difficult to Predict?

A: A mutation is a change that occurs in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) when it is damaged or changed…

Q: explain about the Exceptional genetic codes

A: A set of rules that the cell uses to translate the mRNA into proteins is known as a genetic code.…

Q: Suggest and explain one way epigenetics may affect the age when symptoms of Huntington's disease…

A: It is said that Several neurodegenerative diseases are caused because of the unbalanced epigenetic…