504 Answered Questions for the topic genetics
03/15/19
Are all functions of a human cell known?
Please bear with me as I'm intruding into your world from a computer science background. In programming, once you have created a program, you know all functions of that program. Thus, 100%...
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03/15/19
How is it possible for monosomies to occur?
I was taught in biology class that a cell dies if it doesn't have at least one copy of a chromosome "type". If this is the case, that means that:1. Zygotes without a copy of a specific chromosome...
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Genetics Biology
03/14/19
How many chromosomes does a normal human haploid cell have? How many chromosomes does a normal human diploid cell have? How many sex chromosomes do each of them contain?
03/14/19
Why is DNA antiparallel? Can it be parallel?
My biology textbook mentions that DNA is antiparallel and it got me wondering... Can DNA be parallel? What would happen if it was parallel? could DNA still replicate right?
Genetics Molecular Biology
03/14/19
How are the boundaries of a gene determined?
What statistical processes and methods are used by geneticists/molecular biologists to know where one gene starts and one ends?
03/14/19
Redundancy of the genetic code?
One particular codon codes only for one amino acid, but an amino acid can be coded for by several different codons. Now according to the genetic code, the codon `UUU` codes for the amino acid...
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03/14/19
What is the biological mechanism underlying caffeine intolerance? (CYP1A2 or other?)?
As far as I can tell, caffeine metabolism occurs primarily via the CYP1A2 enzyme. I am curious as to whether mutations in the CYP1A2 gene are associated with caffeine intolerance. Some site that...
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Genetics Biology
03/14/19
Name the types of nitrogenous bases present in the DNA.
03/13/19
Solving Hardy Weinberg problems?
I really fail to understand Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and can't find an easy enough source of information.
Can you help me to understand Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
My goal is to be able to...
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Genetics Science
02/26/19
Help fast!Description below:What are the genotypes of the parents? Complete the genetic cross and describe the ratio of blue to brown eyes among the children. What are the genotypes of the children?
A women with blue eyes, a recessive trait, and a man with brown eyes, the dominant trait, have children with both blue eyes and brown eyes.What are the genotypes of the parents?Complete the genetic...
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Genetics Biology
02/21/19
What is the difference between skin color and eye color in how the phenotype is expressed?
Genetics
02/06/19
what type of biomolecule does the process of transcription result in?
01/31/19
Protein with 2 signals to the mitochondria and ER. Who would win?
Imagine that you have engineered a gene that encodes a protein with two conflicting signals. One signal is for protein import into the mitochondria and one signal is for import into the endoplasmic...
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Genetics Biology
12/16/18
Resulting Offspring
Question: A male dragon that is tall, red eyed, and wide winged is mated with a female dragon that is short, white eyed, and narrow winged. The resulting offspring consisted of: tall, white,...
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Genetics Biology
08/26/18
leading and lagging strand DNA synthesis
why it is important that leading and lagging strand DNA synthesis is coupled, and how this is accomplished in prokaryotes.
Genetics Biology
08/26/18
homologous recombination.
The process of homologous recombination, to repair a double strand DNA break, begins with the nucleolytic processing of the 5’ ends.
why this step is necessary for homologous recombination to...
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can genetic engineering be considered as biological control?
can genetic engineering be considered as biological control?
06/12/18
Could you get an SNP mutation in a microsatellite?
This would kind of give a mutation in a mutation? is it possible? if so, how would it occur? and what would it cause?
Would you classify the gene encoding alcohol dehydrogenase as constitutive or regulated?
Alcohol dehydrogenase is found in the liver and stomach of humans and is expressed ubiquitously is it considered constitutive or regulated gene?
Genetics Biology
05/14/18
Please see description (too long)
Sickle cell anemia is a recessive genetic blood disorder. The allele for sickle red blood cells is codominant to the normal allele. Cross a carrier male with a carrier female. List the genotype and...
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04/10/18
b-galactasidase
If glucose is present at high levels in a culture medium, will significant levels of active Β-galactosidase enzyme be detected?
Genetics Biology
04/09/18
3- From an evolutionary prospective, why did possessing the sickle cell trait give the individual a survival advantage?
This is asking about the fact that it is most common in blacks.
04/03/18
Phylogenetic Tree
How would the following bacteria be placed in a phylogenetic tree?
Desulfurococcus, Geogemma, Borrelia, Acidimicrobium, Deinococcus
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