Please define the following terms: 1.) Homozygous 2.) Heterozygous 3.) Genotype 4.) Phenotype 5.) Allele

Q: A mother who is heterozygous for Huntington’s disease (child from mother in #8) and a father who is…

A: Huntington’s disease is an autosomal dominant diseases which means that single copy of a defective…

Q: Which of the following describes the genotype of individual 20?

A: A autosomal trait is that which is carried in the autosomes. An autosomal disease will only be…

Q: With regard to twenty-first-century birth, which of the following is a major social issue?

A: social issues  Social issues are the difficulties or problems face by society. These issues are face…

Q: Provide the genotypes for individuals who are homozygous dominant, heterozygous, and homozygous…

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Q: Given the karyotype shown at right, is this a male or a female? Normal or abnormal? What would the…

A: A set of chromosome of individual or species is called Karyotype. Human Karyotype concists of 23…

Q: If a man with dark skin whose genotype is AaBB reproduces with a woman who has light skin (aaBb),…

A: Skin colour in human beings is an example of polygenic inheritance as it is controlled by multiple…

Q: What is an example of a lethal allele?

A: Alleles that cause an organism to die are called lethal alleles. The genes which result in viability…

Q: When you interlace your fingers, your left thumb falls over your right thumb. So you have the…

A: In dominant-recessive conditions, the dominant phenotype masks the recessive phenotype, hence the…

Q: Who is known as recessive lethal allele?

A: Inheritance is the process of transmitting the traits from parent to offspring. Traits of an…

Q: Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. Identify the phenotype for the following genotype Ff,…

A: The genetic traits of an organism are referred to as a genotype. Physical features are referred to…

Q: How can there be more than one possible genotype for an observed phenotype

A: A genotype is a set of heritable genes in an organism that are transferred from parents to…

Q: Define the following terms: monohybrid cross, self fertilisation, cross fertilisation, segregation,…

A: 1.Monohybrid Cross :A cross which involves the analysis of one trait during hybridisation is called…

Q: If I got an A from my father and a O from my mother for my genotype. How would my phenotype be…

A: An allele is one of several different forms of genetic information that is present in our DNA at a…

Q: What are three common inheritance patterns for human monogenic diseases?

A: According to the question, we have to provide the name of three common inheritance patterns for…

Q: Define the following terms: monohybrid cross, self fertilisation, cross fertilisation, segregation,…

A: ALLELE- it is defined as the two alternating forms of a gene Monohybrid cross - A monohybrid cross…

Q: Which of these three scenarios explains overdominancewith regard to the sickle cell allele?

A: A type of dominance is characterized by a phenotype that is more pronounced in a heterozygote…

Q: Brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes. Identify the phenotype for the folowing genotype BB, Bb, bb…

A: The diploid (2n) organisms contain two copies of each chromosomes that are known as homologous…

Q: Stefan has launched a paternity suit to determine whether he is the father of an orphan residing in…

A: Stefan has launched a paternity suit to determine whether he is the father of an orphan residing in…

Q: How many distinct phenotypes will a AaBbCc x aaBBCc cross have?

A: A trait is a characteristic feature that is unique to particular individual.  A trihybrid cross is a…

Q: Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. Identify the phenotypefor the following genotype Ff,…

A: Mendel's law of dominance states that any gene will have a minimum of two alleles(traits or forms)…

Q: If someone was described as having homozygous Type B blood, what would be there genotype?

A: ABO blood group was first discovered by the Carl Landsteiner. This system is used to denote the…

Q: Using the letter "R" to represent the dominant-acting allele and the letter "r" for the recessive,…

A: According to guidelines we have to answer the first question only. so please kindly post the…

Q: Which of the following statements illustrates codominance? Select one: a. Red flowers crossed with…

A: Non-mendelian inheritance is the type of inheritance pattern in which the traits do not segregate…

Q: by clicking on and putting the correct capital and lowercase letters in the b. In dogs, brown color…

A: Genetics is the branch of biology that deals with the study of genes, their variation, and heredity…

Q: Define the following: additive alleles ?

A: Genes are the segments of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that contain genetic information.  This…

Q: Tt x Tt What is the genotype ratio? What is the phenotype ratio?

A: ANSWER…

Q: Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. Identify the phenotype for the following genotype Ff,…

A: It is given that purple color is dominant over white color flower

Q: Ben, Marie, and Korra are siblings. Ben is blood type O, Ana is blood type B, and Korra is type A.…

A: ABO blood group system classified on the basis of antigen present in plasma membrane of red blood…

Q: What is the probability that II-5 is a carrier for the recessive trait?

A: Recessive in genetics is the condition that can be masked by the dominant character. These…

Q: What are the genotypes (and the ratio) when you cross B/b with B/b/b?

A: Inheritance is the process of transmitting the traits from parent to offspring. Traits of an…

Q: What is a Mendelian population?

A: Mendel is known as the father of genetics. He gave three laws- 1. Law of Dominance 2. Law of…

Q: what are the genotypes for EB27 and EB67? B) what is the relationship between the three alleles…

A: The genotype that expresses itself is the dominant one. it can be homozygous as well as heterozygous…

Q: The following letters indicate the pairs of alleles present on a homologous chromosome pair within…

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

Q: Suppose two men could be the father of a child. Before doing an expensive paternity test, the…

A: The answer is YES. The only way for the child to be O-type would be if he received an O allele from…

Q: A heterozygous woman with Type-A blood, and a man with Type-O blood, have a child. What are the odds…

A: All people and numerous different primates can be composed for the ABO blood group. There are four…

Q: Discuss the differences between a dominant and a recessive allele.

A: Introduction :- The term "allele" refers to each of two or more different variants of a gene that…

Q: For each of the following genotypes, please give the phenotypes for the following, 6. BB 7. Bb S. bb

A: A) Genotype- It is the set of genes that we have inherited from our parents and will pass on these…

Q: What is meant by the term'breed'?

A: Animal husbandry is the branch of science of rearing, caring, feeding, breeding, improvement and…

Q: What are Hypomorphic alleles?

A: An allele is a variant form of a given gene. It represents two or more variant forms of a gene…

Q: In pre-DNA fingerprint days, blood type was often used in paternity disputes to exclude possible…

A: Blood type is examined by what type of antigens of an individual red blood cell is comprises on the…

Q: A person with "A" type blood could have which of the following genotypes? IBi or IAIA   IAi or…

A: There are four different groups present, A, B, AB and O.  Each of the expression of blood groups has…

Q: What are some of the best methods for solving X- linked recessive and X- linked dominant pedigrees?

A: Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes and 2 sex chromosomes. In case of female the sex chromosomes are…

Q: Define recessive lethal allele

A: Mendel gave the law of dominance. This law states the difference between recessive and dominant…

Q: What is a Mendelian population? How is the gene pool of a Mendelian population usually described?

A: Gregor Johann Mendel was an Austrian geneticist and known as the father of modern genetics. He…

Q: Which Forked-Line Method fraction ratios are correct if one parental genotype is dihybrid and the…

A: Given  One parent is dihybrid  It means its genotype is = BbTt  Other parent genotype  BBtt

Q: Pretend that Drake is homozygous for the type B allele, and Nicki Minaj is type “O.” What are all…

A: Blood group is the categorization of blood types based on antigen and antibodies . Antigen are…

Q: How is the chi-square goodness-of-fit test used to analyze genetic crosses? What does the…

A: Genetics is the branch of biology that deals with the study of genes, their inheritance patterns,…

Q: had a karyotype prepared for her baby before birth, would it be more useful in predicting the risk…

A: Down`s syndrome, also known as trisomy 21 is a genetic disorder caused when abnormal cell division…

Q: What is the genotype of a person who has sickle cell disorder and provide a key that identifies what…

A: Sickle cell anemia is caused by a point mutation in the hemoglobin beta gene (HBB) where the amino…

Immune Disorders

The collaboration between the cells and proteins that work together as a defense system against infection comprises the immune system.Each of them performs a variety of tasks to recognize and/or react against a foreign body.