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A human genome is made of 3,200 million base pairs, split into 46 chromosomes. Almost every cell in our body contains a complete copy of our genome.

Virtually all diseases, syndromes, and medical or psychological conditions have at least partially a genetic origin. If you know your genetics, you can adjust your lifestyle to lower your risk of hereditary diseases.

One-third of pediatric hospital admissions are for children with genetic conditions.

Genetic testing can help parents determine if they carry certain genes that are known to cause serious disease in infants. Tests may be offered to parents who are at high risk of the disease because of their family histories and should be paired with one or more sessions with trained genetic counselors.

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In humans, genes are passed to an offspring from two parents.

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C. Genes are coded instructions for producing cells.

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Mutation is any change in a gene or chromosome?

mutations


Is it true that only mutations in gametes can be passed from parent to offspring?

Gametic mutations occur in the cells of the gonads (which produce sperm and eggs) and may be inherited. There are two types of mutations that can occur in gamete cells: 1. Gene Mutations 2. Chromosomal Mutations


True or false about gene mutations are Point mutations affect just one nucleotide?

True. Point mutations involve changes in a single nucleotide within a gene sequence, altering it to a different nucleotide. This can lead to various consequences such as amino acid substitutions or premature stop codons, ultimately affecting protein structure and function.


What is the cause of improper functions of a gene?

gene mutations


What is driver mutation?

The mutations that confer a selective growth advantage to the tumor cell are called “driver” mutations. It has been estimated. A driver gene is one that contains driver gene mutations. But driver genes may also contain passenger gene mutations A typical tumor contains two to eight of these "driver gene" mutations; the remaining mutations are passengers that confer no selective growth advantage.


What can changes in a gene do to a cell?

mutations


What can change in a gene do to a cell?

mutations


How can new mutations be added to a gene pool?

Mutations are added to a gene pool when a mutation (completely random) occurs in a person. They will pass this gene on to their offspring (and so on, and so forth).


Describe how gene mutations affect protein production.?

gene mutations can affect protein production through various mutations as nonsense mutations are any genetic mutation that leads to the RNA sequence becoming a stop codon. missense mutations are mutations that changes an amino acid from one to another. Slient mutations are mutations  that dont affect the protein at all.


What are mutations that occur at a single point?

Such mutations are called point mutation or gene mutation.


What can occur for limited gene flow?

Mutations can occur in gene processing errors.


What are 3 types of mutation?

Three types of gene mutations are substitution, insertion, and deletion. Another gene mutation would be frame shift. All these mutations can cause deformities of the gene.