Tongue rolling is an autosomal dominant trait. What would be the phenotype of a person who is heterozygous for this trait?

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A: According to the question, we have to explain that could a  man with an AB blood type be the father…

Q: Which of the following genetic disorders is described by the following: Recessive sex-linked…

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Q: Achondroplasia, which is characterized by difficulty converting cartilage to bone and thus results…

A: Hhsbanf is colorblind i.e XcY  Wife is carrier as their son and daughter both are affected .i.e XCX…

Q: John has unattached earlobes (dominant) like his father, but his mother has attached earlobes…

A: Let’s denoted the allele for unattached earlobes as A and allele for attached earlobes as aThe…

Q: Describe the characteristics of a pedigree for an autosomal dominant and an autosomal recessive…

A: Pedigree is a tool which allows us to study about the genetic disease generation over generation.…

Q: is an attached earlobe a dominant or recessive trait?

A: Answer: Introduction: Attached earlobes and free earlobes both are representative demonstrate the…

Q: Under what conditions does a female acquire anX-linked recessive disorder?

A: The dominant allele can be defined as the type of allele which is expressed in the phenotype even if…

Q: If a male is heterozygous and a female is homozygous recessive, what is the probability that the…

A: Let the gene 'A' encodes dominant trait. And 'A' allele is dominant over 'a' allele.  It is given…

Q: a) A woman who is type A has a daughter who is type O. Give the genotypes of both the mother and of…

A: The human blood group or ABO blood group system is an example of codominant alleles. There are three…

Q: What are the chances of two parents who carry the gene for albinism (an autosomal recessive…

A: In autosomal recessive disorder, person carries two copies of defective gene.

Q: What is required in the genotype of an individual to show a recessive trait?

A: Genotype  It is defined as the reference to the alleles (variants of the gene) an individual carries…

Q: In a disputed parentage case, the child is blood type O, while the mother is blood type A. What…

A: There are 4 primary blood groups (kinds of blood) – A, B, AB and O. Your blood group is controlled…

Q: An Autosomal Dominant trait is only evident in the homozygous state. True False

A: A Dominant inheritance occurs when an abnormal gene from one parent is capable of causing disease.

Q: What is the probability that a color-blind woman who marries a man with normal vision will have a…

A: Color blindness is a condition which is passed on genetically. In this condition it is difficult for…

Q: .A man who is colorblind marries a woman who has normal color vision and is not a carrier of color…

A: Answer. A pedigree is a family tree or chart made of symbols and lines that represent a person's…

Q: If both parents have an autosomal dominant trait, what can you say about their children? Explain

A: Autosomal dominance is a pattern of inheritance character of some genetic dis order. Autosomal…

Q: If a man who has blood type AB marries a woman who is heterozygous for blood type A, which genotype…

A: Blood group inheritance is a kind of inheritance of multiple alleles which involves three alleles…

Q: A color-blind woman and a man with normal color vision have three sons and six daughters. All the…

A: Colorblindness (red-green colorblindness) is color vision deficiency and colorblind individuals have…

Q: Most autosomal recessive genetic disorders are expressed as ____________________.   dominant…

A: Autosomal recessive disorders occur when a person has defects in both copies of an autosomal gene.…

Q: Johnny has unattached earlobes (a dominant trait) like his father, but his mother has attached…

A: Mendelian inheritance refers to the inheritance of traits controlled by a single gene with two…

Q: Jan and Michael are both carriers for the cystic fibrosis allele. If Jan and Michael have five…

A: Introduction Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder, which means it is transferred from…

Q: If a girl has blood type AB and her mother is also AB, what are the genotype(s) and corresponding…

A: Genetics is a branch of science that deals with the study of genes, heredity, and genetic…

Q: Explain autosomal dominant and recessive traits.

A: Any genetically determined characteristic of living things that could be passed on to their…

Q: A female who is a carrier for an autosomal recessive disorder has the genotype

A: (Please note that, you have submitted two question, we can only answer to one question at a time,…

Q: If a male is homozygous dominant and a female is heterozygous, what is the probability that their…

A: Homozygous means that both the allele will be similar.  Heterozygous means that both allele will be…

Q: If a condition is a “genetic" disorder, what does that mean and how would it be different from a non…

A: A genetic condition occurs when you inherit an altered (changed) gene from your parents that…

Q: Wavy hair is incomplete dominance of curly hair. If a wavy-haired woman has children with a…

A: Incomplete dominance is when a dominant allele, does not completely mask the effects of a recessive…

Q: Your brother has an autosomal recessive disorder, while you are unaffected. Neither one of your…

A: Question - Your brother has an autosomal recessive disorder, while you are unaffected. Neither one…

Q: A man has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.His wife and their daughter have the…

A: According to the Mendelian Laws dominance, independent assortment, and segregation, various…

Q: What would be the expected phenotypes and genotypes of the children when a color blind man marries a…

A: Colorblindness is an X-linked recessive trait. It is more common in males than in females because…

Q: Is the inheritance autosomal or sex-linked?

A: The genes are located on the specific region of the DNA. Genes determine the phenotypic…

Q: Could this be an autosomal dominant trait? O yes O no Could this be an autosomal dominant trait? O…

A: Typically, at most one member of the family has a genetic condition, and analyzing the pedigree can…

Q: If two parents are heterozygous for an autosomal recessive disease, they are both considered genetic…

A: A gene, disorder, or disease may be passed down across families in a number of ways, including…

Q: If both parents are carriers of an autosomal recessive trait, what can you say about their children?…

A: Mendel coined the word "trait" to characterise the traits exhibited by the genes on chromosomes when…

Q: The percentage chance that the mother described above will give birth to a daughter with mid-digital…

A: The alleles are the alternative forms of a gene that are located on the same locus of a homologous…

Q: Classify the following conditions based on whether they are describing autosomal dominance,…

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Q: Define phenotype

A: Genetics is the branch of Biology dealing with the study of genes including their structure,…

Q: What is the probability that a child of the parents, whose blood types are AB and B, will have B…

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Q: What is the most common autosomal recessive disease?

A: Autosomal recessive disease refers to the type of disease that can be passed down through families.…

Q: Freckles is determined by a single gene and having freckles is dominant over not having freckles. If…

A: Freckles is dominant over not having freckles implies that this is Dominant trait . Law of…

Q: What is the recurrence risk for autosomal dominant inheritance and recessive inheritance?

A: Introduction :- A genetic disorder or trait can be transferred from parent to kid via autosomal…

Q: If a woman is heterozygous for neurofibromatosis (a dominant disorder) and produces with a…

A: Neurofibromatosis (NF1) is hereditary disease (which can be passed on from one generation to…

Q: Two normal parents have a child with cyatic fibrosis. Would this be an autosomal dominant or…

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Q: Are all forms of Down syndrome due to non-disjunction?​YES​​​ or NO​?

A: Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused when abnormal cell division results in an extra full or…

Q: What is the most likely mode of transmission of the trait? autosomal dominant

A: Mode of Inheritance predicted by Pedigree -- A pedigree represent family members and relationships…

Q: Define incomplete dominance. Describe autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive disorder with ONE…

A: INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE When neither of the alleles are dominant then incomplete dominance is said to…

Q: In dominant–recessive inheritance, the one allele that affects the child’s characteristics is called…

A: Alleles are variant forms of a gene, there are two alleles of a single gene but due to mutations,…

Q: What must be true about the genotypes of parents who have a child who has a recessive trait?

A: Given: the child has a recessive trait, so let the genotype of the child be - aa for dominant trait…

Q: What are three similarities and three differences between Autosomal Dominant and Autosomal…

A: Patterns of inheritance in people incorporate autosomal strength and recessiveness, X-connected…

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.