The first three center around extranuclear inheritance involving DNA in organelles. The fourth involves what is called maternal effect. Write a short essay that distinguishes between organelle heredity and maternal effect.

Q: Where in this life cycle would the most mitotic divisions be occurring?

A: Cell division is the biological process that results in the formation of two or more identical…

Q: Explain the difference between positive regulation of the cell cycle and negative regulation of the…

A: At various times, the progression of cells through the cell cycle is regulated by different…

Q: what causes Organellar Inheritance

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

Q: What is cytoplasmic inheritance?

A: Inheritance refers to the phenomenon by which genes are transmitted from parents to their children.

Q: In which stage of karyokinesis of mitosis formation of equatorial plate occurs.

A: Cell cycle: - it is a series of changes occur in a newly divided cell through which it duplicates…

Q: What do you mean by cytoplasmic inheritance?

A: Genetics is the branch of biology which deals with genes, heredity, and genome in the organism.…

Q: What is mean by cytoplasmic inheritance?

A: In eukaryotic cells, a large organelle known as the nucleus is found. It is a double membrane-bound…

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: Name the unit of heredity.

A: Heredity is also called as biological inheritance is the passing on of traits from parents to their…

Q: Enumerate at least three  reasons on the importance/functions of mitosis.

A: Mitosis is a process of cell duplication wherein one cell gives rise to two genetically identical…

Q: Explain the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell division

A: Cell division is the process of growth or division where one parent cell is divided to form two…

Q: Which is an example of extranuclear inheritance?

A: Inheritance is a basic principle of genetics, which helps in understanding how traits transmit from…

Q: Define extranuclear inheritance.

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

Q: What one is in anaphase of mitosis

A: Answer: Mitosis : It is the cell division in which a cell is divided in to two daughter cells, in…

Q: Match these genetic terms to their descriptions

A: Monomer are combined to form polymer through dehydration reaction.

Q: Describe the respective contributions of the genetic approach and cell biology to formulating the…

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

Q: Explain how mitochondria can provide a genetic inheritance derived only from the mother.

A: The cell is the basic unit of life. The tissue is a group of cells that perform a specific function.…

Q: Which gene  is inherited from the father only?

A: A gene is a stretch of nucleotides present in the DNA molecule. It encodes information for the…

Q: What is cytoplasmic inheritance  examples?

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

Q: An organism’s traits are determined by the specific combination of inherited _____. a. cells. b.…

A: The particular characteristic or feature of an organism is called a trait. It can be determined by…

Q: The two red chromosomes are the "same" chromosome but one is from the egg and one is from the sperm.…

A: These two red chromosomes are called the homologous chromosomes . In a diploid organism , these two…

Q: How is mitochondrial DNA inherited? Compare the inheritance pattern of a mitochondrial DNA to that…

A: Biomolecules are organic molecules present in living organisms. Carbohydrates, nucleic acids,…

Q: Which of the following statements are true regarding mitosis in humans?

A: The correct option are 23 pairs of sister chromatids are separated two genetically identical…

Q: Write the name of the term that describes the phrase. 22 pairs of chromosomes that determine most of…

A: The diversity among different living organisms is attributed to the difference in their genetic…

Q: What do you call the inherited elements that are passed on from parents to offspring? A.…

A: Inheritance is the process by which genetic information is passed on from parent to child. This is…

Q: The process of binary fission begins with a single mother cell andends with two daughter cells.…

A: Fission is a type of asexual reproduction as it does not involves gametes. This process is…

Q: Differentiate nuclear form extrachromosomal inheritance and solve problems illustrating the latter.

A: Inheritance is the transmission of characters from the parents to the offspring, i.e members of each…

Q: Which is bearer of heredity unit?

A: The gene is commonly known as the heredity unit. It is made up of nucleotides and leads to the…

Q: Who had proposed the chromosomal theory of the inheritance?

A: Inheritance is the basic principle of genetics that explains how the characteristics are passed from…

Q: Which mutation, if it occurred in an individual’s mother, could be passed on to her child?

A: The type of mutation which is passed on to the child from their parents is called a hereditary…

Q: four external factors that can start and stop cell division and explain how each regulates cell…

A: Before external factors that can regulate the occurrence of the cell division are, 1. Availability…

Q: Write a short note on cytoplasmic inheritance? describe the synonymous terminologies use for…

A: Heredity depends upon the inheritance of characters from one generation to another. The machinery of…

Q: What difference exists between the compaction of chromosomes during metaphase and interphase? Give…

A: Chromosome compaction is an event that occurs in both mitosis and meiosis. It is the shortening of…

Q: During which phase do cells have more DNA? G1 or G2

A: The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life. It carries out various functions in…

Q: What is an example of cytoplasmic inheritance?

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

Q: when the process of mitosis is used for organisms reproduction, are the new organisms exact genetic…

A: Cell cycle are the events that are required to divide the daughter cell from parent cell.

Q: explain difference between maternal effect and cytoplasmic inheritance?

A: The branch of biology that includes the study of genetic variations, genes, and inheritance in the…

Q: Mutations must occur in which cells of the parent to be inherited by their offspring?

A: The cell is the essential underlying, utilitarian, and natural unit of every single known living…

Q: Which statement is NOT true about mitosis? A Mitosis uses a 2n parent cell to form daughter cells…

A: Cell division in simple terms refers to the process where the parent cell divides into two daughter…

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: Answer each question with a paragraph; 3-5 sentences each.   Explain the difference between a…

A: Genes can be defined as the segment of DNA which consists of the information of the genetic makeup…

Q: What is an example of Organellar Inheritance?

A: Mitochondria and chloroplasts are two specialized organelles that are located in the cytoplasm.

Q: During mitosis, a single cell divides to produce two daughter cells. What must happen in the…

A: Cell division is a process by which a cell divides it's nucleus and cytoplasm and ultimately produce…

Q: Which has a more lasting effect on a cell—a change in the genotype or a change in the phenotype?

A: A permanent change in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene is known as the gene variant. This type…

Q: Who proposed cytoplasmic inheritance?

A: Cytoplasmic inheritance is otherwise known as Extranuclear inheritance and refers to the inheritance…

Q: Explain the extranuclear inheritance ?

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

Q: Uncontrolled and rapid cell division due to a mutation in DNA is called Select one: a. Trisomy 21 b.…

A: Ans: Mutation: It is the process in which bases in the DNA sequence changes which results in to non…

Q: Which statement of the cell theory is connected to an understanding of meiosis?

A: Cell is basic structure which make up the human body , they have ability to survive on their own…

Q: Which of the following is not one of the tenets of the chromosome theory of inheritance?a.…

A: Genotype is the genetic makeup of an organism. Chromosomes are the large molecules of genes or DNA.…

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.