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Which Gender is much more prominent in the Human Genetic Disorder Phenylketonuria Male or Female?
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∙ 11y ago
From looking at my family tree i've found males tend to have the disorder while females tend to be carriers (only recieving one of the two necessary genes). It may or may not be a scientific fact, but it's what it looks to be to me.
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Can a person be a carrier for a dominant genetic disorder?
Anyone can be a carrier of a recessive genetic disorder (as long as it is not associated with the sex chromosomes) no matter what their gender since "carrier" refers to an individual that is heterozygous for the recessive allele and therefore phenotypically normal. Specifically, sexlinked genetic disorders can be "carried" by a heterozygous female but males (having only one X chromosome) cannot. Males will either be free of the defective gene or be affected.
A female frog has a genetic trait that prevents it from producing eggs?
If a female frog has a genetic trait that prevents it from producing eggs the likelihood that it will spread through the frog population is impossible or very unlikely. The female frog cannot reproduce thus when she dies, so would the genetic trait.
How does breeding differ from gentic engineering?
Breeding is more natural that Genetic engineering. Breeding is simply that you take sperm from the male animal of that species and inserted into the female either naturally or by artificial insemination. Genetic Engineering is when add genes from different things into that animal. This is usually done in a lab.
How can prophase I and metaphase I in meiosis cause genetic variation in offerspring?
by being cheesy Edited answer: During prophase I of meiosis pairing among homologous chrosomes takes place. This is followed by crossing over. The recessive and dominant genes get interchanged during chiasma formation and such interchanged genetic material get separated in to different cells during mtaphase I. Hence, prophase I and metaphase I cause genetic variations in the male and female gametes. On randum mating among these gametes, genetic variation in the offsring are caused.
How is genetics material combined between two parents?
During sexual reproduction male and female gametes are formed in the respective reproductive organs. The gametes are haploid having half the number of chromosomes found in the parent body cells. These chromosomes have the genetic material in the form of DNA. When a male gamete unites with a female gamete during fertilization, the chromosomes in the zygote get doubled. The homologous chromosomes get paired at the time of meiosis in these offsprings and get combined by crossing over.
Is it possible to have a female exclusive genetic disorder?
Only if the disorder affected something that only females had (for example, ovaries or vagina).
Why can a female be a carrier of a sex linked genetic disorder?
When a female is heterozygous i.e. she possess one allele of disease , she is called carrier .
Why does a female with a gene for a sex-linked disorder usually appear normal?
A female with a gene for a genetic disorder will usually only have it on one of her two X chromosomes. The other chromosome will carry the healthy version of the gene, which will carry out that gene's function when the other chromosome cannot. Males will exhibit the disease if they have the gene as a male human only has one X chromosome. So, in order for a female to have a genetic disorder carried on her sex chromosome her mother would have to have the defective gene and her father would have the disorder.
Why did Akhenaten have a female figure?
The latest theory is Marfan's Syndrome. An inherited genetic disorder which mirrors perfectly the aesthetic art work, and the physical abnormalities of Akhenaten.
What is a carrier for hemophilia?
A carrier for hemophilia refers to a female that has the genetic mutation for the disorder on one of her two X chromosomes. This means that she can pass the mutation on (with a 50% chance) to her children.
Red-green color blindness is a human genetic disorder cause by?
Color blindness is a sex-linked genetic disorder. The reason that it is more prevalent in males is because the disorder is linked the the X-chromasome. If a male inherits an X chromosome that is defective, then they will be color blind. However, a female has two X chromosomes which means she can receive a defective chromosome and only be a carrier of the mutation. If she receives two defective x chromosomes, she will be colorblind.
What are the disorders of female reproductive system?
wheat disorder female
What was unusual about the farmers alliances?
They had prominent female members.
Can a person be a carrier for a dominant genetic disorder?
Anyone can be a carrier of a recessive genetic disorder (as long as it is not associated with the sex chromosomes) no matter what their gender since "carrier" refers to an individual that is heterozygous for the recessive allele and therefore phenotypically normal. Specifically, sexlinked genetic disorders can be "carried" by a heterozygous female but males (having only one X chromosome) cannot. Males will either be free of the defective gene or be affected.
What is a sex-linked linked genetic disorder?
color blindness is one
Which population is mostly affected by Binge Eating Disorder?
The population of the United States of America are mostly affected by Binge Eating Disorder.
What is the percent chance that a normal male and a female carrier will have a child who has the disorder?
You might need to indicate what the disorder is.
