What is a Robertsonian translocation?

Q: What is the name of first clones sheep?

A: A clone is an organism or cell, or group of organisms or cells, produced asexually from one ancestor…

Q: What does the expression linear octad analysis mean?

A: Fungi are eukaryotic heterotrops that grow and form thread like structures called hyphae to form a…

Q: What is a homologous pair (also called a tetrad)?

A: The chromatid is the newly synthesized copy of the original chromosome that is attached to it with…

Q: What is meant by a sexlinked gene?

A: Chromosomes are filamentous bodies present in the nucleus. They are composed of DNA…

Q: What does the expression wild type mean?

A: Genetic traits are regulated by genes.

Q: What is pseudoagouti (highly methylated) phenotype ?

A: Phenotype generally refers to the observable characteristics of an organism. It is generally…

Q: What causes nonreciprocal translocation?

A: All cellular systems are controlled by proteins. Proteins are synthesized by the cell by a process…

Q: How do translocations in which no genetic information is lost or gained produce phenotypic effects?

A: Translocation is caused Due to separation of a chromosome segment and its union to a nonhomologous…

Q: What is Homozygous and heterozygous in Mendelian Genetics?

A: George Mendel conducted hybridization experiments on garden peas for 7 years (1856-1863) and…

Q: What effects of heterozygosity for a deletion?

A: In a spontaneous deletion, 2 chromosomes break to remove the intervening segments. By deletion 1 or…

Q: What will be the phenotypic ratio for a heterozygous cross between Pp and Pp?

A: An allele is a variant form of a given gene.  Phenotype is the observed physical traits of an…

Q: why why heterozygosity for a deletion can be harmful?

A: Deletion refers to a type of mutation in which the genetic material in a chromosome is deleted or…

Q: How many genes are there present on chromosome 22 ?

A: DNA gets condensed to form chromosomes during cell division. Chromosomes are rod shaped chromatin…

Q: How many genetic variants are there?

A: The specific portion in the genome that differs between the genome of two individuals is called…

Q: What is a Pericentric inversion?

A: The chromosomes are the thread like structure that contains hereditary information in the form of…

Q: What is linkage disequilibrium? How does it result in haplotypes?

A: Genetic linkage refers to the close association of genes chromosome that are located close to each…

Q: What is an example of translocation?

A: Translocation is a chromosomal aberration in which two non-homologous chromosomes exchange their…

Q: Why are inversions and reciprocal translocations less likely to belethal than are aneuploidy,…

A: Every living species have two types of cells, somatic cells (diploid) which are responsible for…

Q: What is a segmental duplication?

A: DNA is the genetic material present within the nucleus in the cell. It maintains the heredity of the…

Q: What is trihybrid cross ?

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

Q: How is a cross made in a fungus such as Neurospora?Explain how to isolate asci and individual…

A: Fungi are microbial organisms that are placed under Kingdom Fungi. They are multicellular eukaryotic…

Q: what are 9 Phenotypic consequences of deletion andduplication heterozygosity.?

A: Deletion and duplication are the processes which results in chromosomal abnormalities. These are…

Q: Robertsonian translocation is  balanced or unbalanced?

A: "Robertsonian translocation" is a type of translocational chromosomal aberration in which…

Q: What is a monohybrid cross?

A: Genetics is the branch of biology deals with the study of gene, genome and genetic abnormalities.…

Q: What is pseudodominance and how is it produced by a chromosome deletion?

A: The expression of typically recessive transformation that is created when the dominant wild sort…

Q: What is the chromosome abnormality in cri du chat syndrome?

A: Cri-du-chat syndrome, commonly known as 5p- (5p minus) syndrome. Infants with this syndrome…

Q: What is the difference between reciprocal and nonreciprocal translocation?

A: A type of chromosomal rearrangement like inter-chromosomal or intra-chromosomal is known as…

Q: What causes reciprocal translocation?

A: Translocation is a type of chromosomal abnormality in which a chromosome breaks and a portion of it…

Q: How translocation Down syndrome arises?

A: Down’s syndrome is a genetic disorder that occurs mostly in children. It leads to intellectual…

Q: What is the predicted phenotypic outcome of a dihybrid cross and a dihybrid text cross? Why?

A: Let a round yellow pea be dominant and wrinkled green pea be recessive.

Q: . In a diploid organism of 2n = 10, assume that you canlabel all the centromeres derived from its…

A: The formula that is used for the solution of this problem is 2n. Here, n stands for the different…

Q: Is Robertsonian translocation reciprocal?

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structures that are located in the nucleus. It is composed of protein…

Q: What is a reciprocal cross?

A: A genetic cross is the process of mating of two individuals which describes the comparison of their…

Q: Explain the nonhomologous end joining ?

A: Introduction Being nonhomologous means having a genetic makeup that is dissimilar.

Q: What is inversion heterozygote?

A: Inversion is a chromosomal rearrangement when a segment of chromosome breaks and then rejoins in…

Q: What is the difference between a paracentric and a pericentric inversion?

A: Chromosomes are thread-like structures situated inside the nucleus of plant and animal cells. Each…

Q: What kind of chromosomal mutations is/are produced by unequal crossing over?

A: Chromosome mutations are changes that arise in chromosomes as a result of nuclear division mistakes…

Q: What is the 2n chromosome number of Valanga?

A: Genetic material are the means by which hereditary information is passed on from one generation to…

Q: In a diploid organism of 2n=10, assume that you can label all the centromeres derived from its…

A: Meiosis creates gametes such as egg and sperm cells. During meiosis, the genetic information is…

Q: What is heterozygous variant?

A: The term heterozygous variant belongs to a subdivision of biology, genetics. Genetics is the study…

Q: What is the law of the superposition?

A: Answer - The law of superposition is a law of stratigraphy science

Q: what are Lethal effects of homozygosity for a deletion

A: Lethality is associated with the deletion. Deletion is a type of chromosomal rearrangement that…

Q: What is the Characteristic pedigree for mitochondrial disease?

A: The genes located on the nuclear chromosomes obey the Mendelian law of inheritance. In the human…

Q: What is molecular homoplasy?

A: Evolution is the process of change in characteristics of an organism that are a result of the…

Q: What is a balanced chromosomal rearrangement?

A: Chromosomes carry the genetic material DNA. Chromosomes may undergo rearrangements that are the…

Q: What is the difference between these two. How would the karytotype look like

A: Karyotype is a total collection of the chromosomes of a organism. For suppose the karytope of humans…

Q: Where does the translocation occurs?

A: Answer: Introduction: Translocation is the process in plants that functions to transport the…

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.