What is the downside of artificial selection as a form of genetic engineering? What is its upside?

Q: compensation in genetics

A: Genetics is subfield of biology. It deals with the study of genetic variations and heredity in…

Q: To what extent does gene sequencing alter the evolutionary perspective of scientists when it comes…

A: Evolutionary studies provide an insight into how cells and genes function and how organisms adapt to…

Q: What is the main goal of comparative genome hybridization?Explain how the ratio of green to red…

A: DNA hybridization involves the formation of hydrogen bonds between two different single strands of…

Q: What are the impacts of genetics in the present time?

A: Genetics refers to a study that involves understanding the concepts that how living beings or things…

Q: What are mutational breeding?

A: lets understand what mutation means so that the further solution can be of sense. a mutation is a…

Q: How do single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) arise and how do they spread in a population? Why is…

A: Introduction :- SNPs, or single nucleotide polymorphisms, are the most prevalent type of genetic…

Q: What is the difference between a Knock-In vs Knock-Out experiment based upon a Gene that you are…

A: Knock -out experiment is nothing but deleting a gene or suppressing the action of the gene, so that…

Q: What Is Random Genetic Drift?

A: The term genetic refers to the genome present in the cells of an organism. Genome is the complete…

Q: How would you find out if the causes of variations is genetic or environmental?

A: Variations are responsible for helping a species to survive by causing the organisms of a species to…

Q: What is the central dogma of genetics

A: Central dogma of genetics deals with detailed residue by residue transfer of sequential information.…

Q: What is Artificial hybridisation?

A: Hybridization is a process which involves the cross-pollination of two plants which are different in…

Q: before the advent of recombinant DNA technology why was it so difficult for generations to map human…

A: The recombinant DNA technology offered new opportunities for innovations to produce a wide range of…

Q: What are some characteristics of model genetic organisms that make them useful for genetic studies?

A: Model organisms are those organisms that have characteristics that make them useful for genetic…

Q: How does the mutation related to the traits including diseases that are being inherited by the…

A: The mutation is a change in the nucleotide sequence's base pairs, which can be spontaneous or…

Q: what is central dogma of biology? Is it entirely accurate?

A: Central dogma of Molecular Biology deals with the biomolecules such as DNA, RNA and proteins. It was…

Q: How does sampling error cause genetic drift?

A: Genetic drift is the mechanism of change in allele frequencies in a population from one generation…

Q: How does DNA profiling make use of genetic variation in DNA sequences

A: DNA profiling is also called DNA fingerprinting.

Q: Now that cloning is possible, should it be used to clone animals that are near extinction? What are…

A: Cloning may help preserve those species, which are endangered today but it should not be a process…

Q: How does a reverse genetic approach differ from a forward genetic approach?

A: Both forward and reverse genetics approaches are used to analyze the gene function. Forward genetics…

Q: Humans have engaged in genetic manipulation for millennia, producing plant and animal varieties…

A: Genetic engineering handles genetic materials from multiple living organisms and utilizes molecular…

Q: How does molecular biology paved way for the development of the DNA fingerprinting technique? and…

A: DNA fingerprinting was invented in 1984 by Professor Sir Alec jeffreys after he realised that…

Q: Who was Gregor Mendel?  Why is he important in the history of science, and more specifically, in the…

A: The history of science includes the study of the social and natural development of science.…

Q: What molecular biology principle is the basis for DNA fingerprinting?

A: In this question we will discuss about the molecular biology principle basis of the DNA…

Q: How many different explanations can you think of for the observation that the rate of mutation…

A: A mutation is a change in our DNA sequence that happens as a result of errors in DNA copying or…

Q: What is meant by the genetic disequilibrium and why it is important?

A: Genetic Genetics is a branch of biological sciences that deals with the study of genes, information…

Q: What is genetic selection?

A: Gene is a segment of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) of an individual that is responsible for the…

Q: What did we learn about the size of our genome? Why was it surprising

A: Hello. Since you have posted multiple questions and not specified which question needs to be solved,…

Q: Do people look differently upon those afflicted with mental illness if we have a perspective…

A: People differently about those afflicted with mental illness because they feel like they are out of…

Q: Why is knowing the genetic basis of a trait such as blond hair important? Why would scientists go to…

A: Genetics is the study of genes, their interactions, and the effect of environment on genes. Broadly…

Q: Suppose that you are at a party on Friday night, relaxing after your big genetics exam. Someone…

A: The branch of biology which deals with a detailed study of all aspects of gene, heredity and the…

Q: What is genetic drift?

A: Introduction In this question we will discuss about the genetic drift.

Q: Think of a modern-day problem that can be solved by Genetic Engineering. Say you are the genetic…

A: Genetically modified organisms are the Organism in which the genetic material is modified /altered…

Q: Why would a researcher be interested in over- or misexpression phenotypes?

A: Examples of phenotypes include height, wing length, and hair color. Gene expression is the most…

Q: At the end of an experiment, you extract DNA from ten yeast colonies. You divide the DNA from each…

A: Replication replicates are the tubes having same set of conditions for reducing the variability in…

Q: Genetic engineering applied for generating food sources is said to be different from traditional…

A: Introduction:- By modifying the genetic composition of crops, genetic engineering and traditional…

Q: What do you mean by “Central Dogma of Molecular genetics?”

A: The term DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. Deoxyribonucleic acid is the most important…

Q: What is meant by the genetic conflict hypothesis?

A: Introduction  The study of genes, genetic diversity, and inheritance in living things is the focus…

Q: Before the advent of recombinant DNA technology, why was it so diffcult for geneticists to map human…

A: why was it so diffcult for geneticists to map human genes using pedigrees? The limitations to the…

Q: Why are model organisms so useful in genetics research? Choose one model organism and explain an…

A: Model organism is a non human species that is extensively studied by various experiments  to…

Q: What is Genetic Drift? and what is its significance?

A: The basic purpose of evolution is to change the existing population into a new and better form of…

Q: What are the function of southern blotting in DNA FINGERPRINTING?

A: DNA fingerprinting is a technique in which DNA of an individual, obtained from sample such as buccal…

Q: In biology, a trade-off exists when one trait cannot increase without a decrease in another. What…

A: A trade off exists when one trait cannot increase without a decrease in another or vice-versa. It…

Q: Which organism violates the central dogma of molecular biology?

A: Introduction "The mechanism through which genetic information transfers from DNA to RNA to produce a…

Q: What are gene deserts?

A: Genes carry coded genetic information in the form of specific nucleotide sequences. This specific…

Q: problem are we trying to avoid by using mutation and inversion? How does each approach accomplish

A: Answer :: Step 1 A change in the nucleotide sequence of a chromosome or genome is called mutation.…

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