What is mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) ?

Q: What is genomic reduction?

A: The genome size (C-value) is defined as the amount of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in a haploid…

Q: What makes mitochondrial DNA unique?

A: An extranuclear, double-stranded, circular DNA molecule found exclusively in mitochondria is…

Q: Why does mitochondrial DNA come only from your mother?

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a double stranded helical genetic material containing thousands of…

Q: What does orad mean?

A: Orad is a scrabble word that means towards the mouth or towards the oral region. Oral region is also…

Q: What is the relation between genome size and gene number in prokaryotes?

A: GENOME SIZE Genome size refers to the amount of DNA contained in a haploid genome expressed either…

Q: what is the parent contribution to the human genome?

A: Genome  is defined as the complete set of genes present in an individual.  Meiosis is a reductional…

Q: What is nucleoid ?

A: A cell is the basic fundamental unit of life. Broadly all living organisms are classified into…

Q: What is mitochondrial DNA?

A: Mitochondria are specialized organelles that house the other reactions of cellular respiration. A…

Q: What genes can be found in mitochondrial DNA?

A: The DNA found in the mitochondrial region of a eukaryotic cell is called as mitochondrial DNA. It…

Q: What are genes?

A: The human body is made up of the billions and trillions of cells. Cells are the building block of…

Q: Where is chloroplast DNA found?

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the hereditary unit of life, which carries the genetic information in…

Q: What structure contains all the genetic information of an organism found?

A: Genome contains a all types of information which required to do various functions.

Q: What are the features of mitochondrial DNA ?

A: FEATURES OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA ARE :- 1) Mitochondrial DNA is a double stranded , circular DNA…

Q: What is mitochondrial genome? Provide detail answer.

A: Mitochondria is a double membrane bound organelle which can be found in most of eukaryotic…

Q: How is mitochondrial DNA transmitted to children?

A: What is mitochondrial DNA ? Mitochondrial DNA is the small circular chromosome found inside the…

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: What is meant by segmentation?

A: R.H. Whitakaer’s classification system categorizes living organisms in five major kingdoms. Kingdom…

Q: what is cpDNA?

A: Endosymbiotic theory states that the semiautonomous organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts…

Q: What are mitochondrial mutations?

A: Mutations are defined as the change in the sequence of DNA of an organism due to any environmental…

Q: What is the function of mitochondrial DNA?

A: The double-membrane bound cell organelle involved in energy production is called mitochondria. This…

Q: How is mitochondrial DNA different from nuclear DNA?

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a long molecule. It contains the instructions an organism required to…

Q: Who was Mitochondrial Eve?

A: According to Abrahamic religion we come across theory of The Adam & The Eve who are 1st man…

Q: What was the fate of the mitochondrial genes no longer harbored by the mitochondria?

A: Mitochondria is the power house of the cells. It is present in the all eukaryotic cells and…

Q: Can mitochondrial DNA be inherited from father?

A: The genome represents the genetic material in an organism having a set of chromosomes which is…

Q: What is mitochondrial DNA and how is it inherited?

A: Mitochondria are organs that present within eukaryotic cells. It performs vital functions such as…

Q: What does mitochondrial DNA tell us?

A: DNA is the hereditary material passed from generation to generation which provides the blueprint of…

Q: Define Mitochondrial Mutations- Human Genetic Disorders ?

A: The cell is the fundamental unit of life. A tissue is a collection of cells that work together to…

Q: Who coined the term Genophore?

A: Bacteria are prokaryotes. They are unicellular organisms that lack internal membrane-bound…

Q: What are lethal genes?

A: Genes are the functional unit of life. They are accountable for the passing of the characters from…

Q: what is  mtDNA?

A: The genetic material of a cell is found in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm. The characteristic…

Q: What is Molecular evolution?

A: Evolution is a process of slow alteration that occurs over several generations. During evolution,…

Q: What is the genotype of an organism?

A: An organism’s genetic makeup is called its genotype, and it reflects all of the alleles, or form of…

Q: What is the most common mitochondrial disease?

A: Mitochondria are cell organelles within eukaryotic cells, which produce adenosine triphosphate…

Q: How many copies of mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene are integrated in Human chromosomal DNA ?

A: NCBI BLAST is an alignment bioinformatic tool that helps researchers to identify the query…

Q: How do Fibonacci numbers exist in art and architecture, animal anatomy, and human anatomy?

A: Human anatomy is the study of the human body's structures. An understanding of anatomy is essential…

Q: Do everyone have the same mitochondrial DNA?

A: DNA is a double helix structure which contains the genetic material necessary for inheritance of…

Q: What is the globin gene family?  Why is gene duplication within globin genes beneficial?

A: The gene duplication is also called as gene amplification or chromosomal duplication. The gene…

Q: How do someone inherit mitochondrial DNA?

A: The genome represents the genetic material in an organism having a set of chromosomes which is…

Q: What is the role of mitochondrial DNA?

A: Mitochondria DNA (mtDNA) is the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) located in mitochondria, cellular…

Q: Name the genetic makeup of an organism?

A: Genes are the unit of heredity. Genes are a stretch of DNA and are present in linear order on…

Q: How many genes are in human mitochondrial DNA?

A: The cells are the basic building blocks of the living system. It consists of many internal…

Q: Where is extrachromosomal DNA found?

A: Nucleic acids are the essential macro molecules that carry and transmit genetic information in the…

Q: Do females pass on mitochondrial DNA?

A: The DNA consists of genes that are the functional and physical unit of inheritance. There are some…

Q: Define Mitochondrial Mutations ?

A: Introduction  DNA strands are composed of nucleotide base pairs such as Adenine, guanosine cytosine,…

Q: Why does DNA make each person unique?

A: DNA is a double helical structure given by Watson and crick model. It is composed of various…

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.