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dimples are a "birth defect" means that your muscles are too short thus pulling the skin causing this little holes, why do you think most babies have them? cause their muscles developed and they have a lot of baby fat same goes to people with a little extra fat

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Can two people with dimples have a child with dimples?

There is a 50% chance of a child having dimples if one parent has them and a 75% chance if the two parents have them. A child can also have them as the result of a genetic mutation even if neither parent has dimples.


What do you call a change in a gene or chromosomes?

mutation


Why are male mutation rates higher than female?

This is because mutations occur in x chromosomes. The male, who has "xy" sex chromosomes, will have the mutation if it is present in the x chromosome. Females, there is a smaller chance because there are two "xx" chromosomes, which reduces the chance that the mutation will be present.


What mutation cause changes in the number of chromosome?

Aneuploidy mutation causes a change in the number of chromosomes. Aneuploidy occurs during cell division when the chromosomes do not separate properly resulting in a change in the number of chromosomes.


What mutation involves two chromosomes?

Inversion and duplication!


What mutation causes either the inclusion of an extra chromosomes in offspring or the deletion of an entire chromosomes?

non-disjunction


What does insertion and inversion mutation have in common?

They are both mutations of chromosomes


How many chromosomes in an infant?

46 unless a mutation has occurred


Which types of mutation can add genes to a chromosomes?

insertion and deletion


What is reciprocal mutation?

when there is a two way exchange of genetic portion between two non-homologus chromosomes, its called reciprocal mutation, its a type of translocation mutation


What is a difference between a gene mutation and a chromosomes mutation?

a gene is passed on from generations and a chromosome is just found in certain cells


The terms for any permanent change in a gene or chromosomes cell?

mutation