What are ways to recognize a dominant trait in a pedigree?

Q: What are Polygenic and Multiple allele?

A: Introduction  Phenotype of any organisms is basically controlled by genes present in various loci on…

Q: What are the recessive gene traits that can be inherited?

A: Recessive gene traits that can be inherited are:- 1)straight hair 2)Blonde or red hair 3)Hitch…

Q: When writing genotypes the rule is to use the first letter of the dominant trait?

A: Genotype is the gene of an organism.

Q: What are two different alleles for a trait?

A: A trait is defined as the particular characteristic such as skin color, height, eye color etc. The…

Q: What is the difference between and Genotypic Trait and a Phenotypic Trait. What do each of them…

A: Genetic material is nothing but the sequence of nucleic acids which is called as DNA. It contains…

Q: What are the alleles present in an individual?

A: A gene is a precise region of the DNA which regulates a specific trait. An allele is defined as one…

Q: What is pedigree Analysis? What are its use or uses?

A: There are several methods to study human genetics such as pedigree analysis, population genetics…

Q: What are two of the same alleles for a trait?

A: Humans are diploid (2n) organisms that contain two alleles of each gene. The alleles can be dominant…

Q: What are inheritence of two genes?

A: Genes are basic units of inheritance. Gene is  a specific sequence of DNA which encodes specific…

Q: What is the gene that goes with a trait called?

A: A gene is the basic physical unit and functional unit of heredity. Theses are made up of DNA. Some…

Q: What are individuals having two different alleles for a single trait?

A: The alternate forms of gene are referred to allele. An allele determines the hereditary…

Q: What is the difference between a gene and an allele?

A: Genes and alleles are an essential part of genetics.

Q: If two parents have a dominate trait, can they have a child that has a recessive trait?

A: If two parents have a dominate trait, can they have a child that has a recessive trait?  Ans ) Yes…

Q: What is the presence or absence of the dominant alleles of two genes?

A: An allele is an alternative form of a gene (one member of a pair)which is located on the specific…

Q: What are genomic imprinting and nondisjunction?

A: The process of genomic imprinting and nondisjunction are related to genetic material or genome.…

Q: Why are some alleles dominant and some recessive?

A: A short-portion of the DNA is termed as a gene. The genes are the essential functions as well as…

Q: How does the the Alleles present affect the bloodtype? What is the relationship between Alleles and…

A: Bloodtype is a classification of blood on the basis of antigens present on red blood cells and…

Q: How Are Single Traits Inherited?

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

Q: What is the difference between a locus and an allele? What is the difference between genotype and…

A: Genetic is the branch of science that deals with genetic material like genome, genes, DNA, and…

Q: How are single-gene traits inherited?

A: A phenotype is a unique feature of an organism. Genes and the climate, as well as relationships…

Q: How are the alleles of a gene different from each other? What is its importance?

A: Alleles are different variants of the same gene that are genetically different . For example, a gene…

Q: Why is “threshold of liability” an important consideration in multifactorial inheritance?

A: Multifactorial inheritance means that many factors are involved in causing a birth defect. The…

Q: What are genes with more than one common allele?

A: Genes are the basic structural and functional unit of heredity. They carry coded genetic information…

Q: What is an individual that bears a dominant normal allele that masks the effects of the recessive…

A: The gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity. It consists of a specific sequence…

Q: What is the relationship of the gene to the trait?

A: Gene is a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring which determine some…

Q: What are continuous traits?

A: All living organisms reproduce. Reproduction is the process by which an organism creates more of its…

Q: What is the difference between dominant and recessive trait?

A: A gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity and is composed of DNA(deoxyribonucleic…

Q: What are some codominant traits?

A: The genetics is the branch of biology that deals with the study of genes, genetic variation and…

Q: If two parents have a recessive trait, can they have a child that has a dominant trait?

A: Introduction  Even if only one copy of the dominant trait exists, dominant traits are always…

Q: What is the role of genes and chromosomes in the process of inheriting a specific trait?

A: Chromosome contains gene and Genes basically have the genetic information which get inherited from…

Q: What is a trait is intermediate of parents?

A: According to Mendelian inheritance, a single character is controlled by one or more genes where each…

Q: How is pedigree analysis used to determine whether a trait is inherited in an autosomal-dominant,…

A: To study the inheritance of various genes in human beings one method has been used which is known as…

Q: What effect is played by admixture in determination of Race/Ancestry?

A: Admixture determination is a method of inferring someone's geographical origins based on an analysis…

Q: What are traits determined by 2 or more genes?

A: Polygenic inheritance is inheritance of single phenotypic trait which is controlled by two or more…

Q: What is a gene with more than 2 alleles?

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

Q: What are Hypermorphic alleles?

A: Alleles are the variant forms of gene. Genes carry coded genetic information in the form of specific…

Q: What is trait shows up equally in the phenotype?

A: The trait is a feature or characteristic of an organism. It can be determined by the environment, or…

Q: How many copies of each gene for the trait does each offspring receive?

A: At the time of gamete formation by the proce4ss of meiosis, the number of chromosomes reduced by…

Q: How to Recognize Dominant and Recessive Traits in Pedigrees?

A: Pedigree analysis is a diagrammatic representation which is used to determine the inheritance of…

Q: What are the difference between breed and species?

A: species is a rank in the classification of naturally occurring organisms that can give rise to…

Q: How does quantitative inheritance work?

A: The classical Mendelian traits are quantitative in nature which means the traits which are easily…

Q: How do geneticist normally tell whether an organism exhibiting a dominant phenotype is homozygous or…

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

Q: What is an allele?

A: Genes are basic units of inheritance. Gene is  a specific sequence of DNA which encodes specific…

Q: Does a trait always go together with another trait in one individual even if the autosomal traits…

A: The segment of DNA that can produce a polypeptide is called gene. it is an inherited factor that…

Q: What are heterogeneous traits?

A: Genes are the structural and functional units of heredity that carry coded genetic information in…

Q: Is it possible for a recessive trait to skip a generation meaning the parents do not display the…

A: The alleles are generally of dominant and recessive type and some other forms like codominant and…

Q: What is late-onset genetic trait?

A: A trait can be defined as a different form of a character. Genetic traits are those characteristics…

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.