Why are X rays more potent mutagens than UV radiation?

Q: What is linker scanning mutagenesis?

A: Answer: Introduction: Old-style approaches, containing linker-scanning mutagenesis includes…

Q: Why is gene cloning important?

A: Gene cloning is the process in which any gene of interest is amplified, that is, several copies of…

Q: Why do we need to use salt solution when we cloning dna?

A: Once the genomic deoxyribonucleic acid is certain to the silicon oxide membrane, the supermolecule…

Q: What types of diseases might not be treatable using therapeutic cloning?

A: Cloning refers to the generation of multiple copies of an organism which is exactly identical to the…

Q: Why can’t all genetic diseases be treated with gene therapy ? Explain how the ideal procedure for…

A: Gene therapy is one of the treatment methods to treat genetic diseases. It involves the replacement…

Q: What is transformation in cloning?

A: Cloning is a process of taking the complete genetic information of an organism and recreating…

Q: What do you understand by gene cloning?

A: In genetics, ‘gene cloning’ refers to the process of generating multiple copies of a specific gene…

Q: How does gene cloning produce many copies of a gene?

A: Gene is a functional unit of heredity. A gene is a sequence of nucleotides in genome that codes for…

Q: What is a transversion mutation?

A: Mutations are the alterations or the changes that occur in the DNA. Mutations are variations in…

Q: What are some of the technical reasons why gene therapy is difficult to carry out effectively?

A: Gene therapy is a technique or procedure through which a faulty gene or non functional gene can be…

Q: Why is cDNA used for cloning?

A: Cloning is the production of organisms, which are genetically identical to their parents. These…

Q: Explain with help of diagrams the mutagenic effects on DNA of following mutagens? Below is an…

A: Introduction: Mutation- These are the random heritable changes that occurs in the DNA sequence among…

Q: What is the Pros and Cons of Cloning?

A: Answer  Cloning is the brst way to increase the product in more number bearing the same generic…

Q: Why do people avoid purchasing genetically modified foods when grocery shopping?

A: Genetically modified foods: Genetically modified foods are produced by genetically engineered…

Q: Why is genome sequencing important?

A: Genome sequencing is a laboratory technique in which the order of all the nucleotides in an…

Q: Why is ligase needed to make recombinant DNA? Whatwould be the immediate consequence in the cloning…

A: DNA replication is the process of copying the DNA of the cell during cell division. DNA ligase is an…

Q: What is genome editing?

A: Genome is the single set of chromosome present in a gamete or cell of a microorganism or a…

Q: What is your synthesis about cloning?

A: The method of Cloning is the production individual with identical genetic materials. This process…

Q: . What is the difference between a genetically modified and transgenic organism?

A: The characteristics of an animal, plant, or microorganism can be changed by altering the genome…

Q: How is genetic transformation used in medicine?

A: Genetic transformation is a genetic alteration process that involves incorporation and expression of…

Q: What is recombinant DNA? How can it be used to produce human proteins in bacteria?

A: Recombinant DNA: Recombinant DNA is produced by combining DNA segments that doesn't normally occur…

Q: How is the recombinant DNA cloned or amplified?

A: DNA fragments that contain the sequences of interest can be produced by digestion using restriction…

Q: Why is using genomic DNA in gene therapy more efficacious?

A: Gene therapy is a technique for the utilization of the therapeutic delivery of nucleic acids into a…

Q: How does PCR minimize the problems associated with degraded DNA? What factors can cause DNA to…

A: PCR is Polymerase chain reaction.It is a method widely used to rapidly make millions to billions of…

Q: What is artificial transformation used for?

A: Transformation is a process in which an organism acquires exogenous DNA. This process occurs in two…

Q: Why is there a debate around the world regarding Genetically modified organism (GMO)?

A: Genetically modified organism (GMO), organism whose genome has been engineered in the laboratory in…

Q: What is the effect of excessive exposure to ultraviolet light at the beach or in a tanning salon on…

A: Ultraviolet radiation or UV radiation is an invisible ray emitted by the sun. This ray is also…

Q: What is cloning?

A: Genetic engineering is a genetic technique meant for “direct manipulation of genes”, modification of…

Q: Why is it more important for DNA to be replicated accurately than transcribed accurately?

A: In molecular biology, DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic acid which is a type of nucleic acid. It is…

Q: Is the practice of genetically modifying human cells ethical?

A: According to the question, we have to mention and discuss that the practice of genetically modifying…

Q: What are the implications of cloning humans?

A: Human cloning practice is just theroritical as it is not legal and therapeutic cloning is not done…

Q: Is genetic engineering morally permissible?

A: Biotechnology is the application of technology to the field of biology.

Q: What is multiple cloning site ?

A: Introduction Molecular cloning is a set of molecular biology experimental methods for assembling…

Q: How important is biotechnology in our society today?

A: Biotechnology is the method by which microbes and other organisms are used to manufacture different…

Q: What is the purpose of molecular cloning?

A: The plasmid is a small, circular extrachromosomal DNA present in a cell. It is separate from the…

Q: How many copies of a target DNA molecule are made after 30 cycles of PCR?

A: The polymerase chain reaction is a widely used technique for the amplification of DNA. Here, the…

Q: Why is RNA sequencing important?

A: RNA or ribonucleic acid is a polymer of ribonucleotides connected together via a phosphodiester…

Q: How does reproductive cloning differ from therapeutic cloning?

A: Cloning is a technique for creating a genetically identical clone of a cell or organism. Cloning is…

Q: Why is lambda DNA used as a marker?

A: Lambda deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a linear, double-stranded phage DNA containing 12 bp…

Q: How do we know that certain chemicals and wavelengths of radiation induce mutations in DNA?

A: A mutation is a permanent change in the DNA of a cell such that the sequence deviates from what is…

Q: How does UV light cause mutations?

A: A mutation occurs/happens when the sequence/structure of DNA is altered. Mutations can occur as a…

Q: What is the Ames test and how is it carried out? What assumption concerning mutagenicity and…

A: Mutagens are chemical compounds that cause changes in the DNA. These changes are irreversible and…

Q: What is natural transformation in biology?

A: In biology transformation is the process of genetic alteration of a cell. In this process an…

Q: What are the potential hazards of gene therapy?

A: Introduction: Gene therapy is a branch of medicine that focuses on genetically altering cells to…

Q: Why is it practical to test carcinogens by a mutagenesis assay?

A: Carcinogens are the cancer causing substances. Cancer is an uncontrolled division of cell that has a…

Q: You want to clone a 6,000 bp DNA fragment in E. coli. Which cloning vectors would be appropriate?…

A: Ans: The process or methodology of cloning of gene in the vector, its transformation in host E. coli…

Q: What is Genetically modified organism?

A: please find the answer in step2:

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.