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A carrier of a genetic disorder who does not show symptoms is most likely to be heterozygous for the trait and able to transmit it to his offspring. The term heterozygous refers to a pair of gene with one dominant trait and one recessive trait.

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Which is true regarding carrier network infrastructure problems?

Carrier network infrastructure problems generally involve complications with the network system of telecommunications services used to transmit data over a distance.


What is being carried by a genetic carrier?

A genetic carrier has a dominant and a recessive version of an allele. Normally, the term genetic carrier is used in relation to genetic illnesses where two copies of the recessive allele cause that illness. Therefore, a carrier does not have the illness themself (as the dominant, non-disease allele is expressed over the recessive allele). However, they have the ability to create an offspring who has the double recessive genotype and therefore has the condition if they mate with another carrier or someone who is double recessive (who has the disease).


A pedigree chart shows relationships within a family?

A pedigree shows the possible outcomes of traits in offspring. It shows if the offspring will have the trait, or if they will be a carrier. Pedigrees also show the previous generations how the future generations inherited the trait. The past generations can be labeled as F1 and the future are F2, which is our current generation.


Is the sodium potassium pump a carrier protein?

the carrier protein of Na-k pump is an ion carrier protein and the pump cannot be termed as the carrier protein its a biochemical phenomenon


Is Edward's syndrome caused by a recessive gene?

Edward's syndrome is not technically recessive or dominant, because it is not caused by a single gene. Rather it happens due to a trisomy of chromosome 18 (or just of a part of said chromosome). Parent's may be healthy and still have offspring with the syndrome not because its recessive, but because the trisomy arises during meiosis of the gametes. Whatever happens to the gametes affects only the offspring not the carrier parent.

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What does it mean to be a carrier?

Being a carrier typically means that an individual possesses a gene or organism that causes a particular genetic disorder or disease, but they do not display symptoms themselves. Carriers can pass this gene or organism on to their offspring. In the context of infectious diseases, carriers can harbor and transmit pathogens without showing obvious symptoms of illness.


What is a chickenpox carrier?

A carrier of chickenpox, like a carrier of any infectious disease, is someone who is infected and can transmit the germ but does not yet have symptoms. A chickenpox carrier is someone who's spreading the virus but does not yet have symptoms.


What is a heterozygous indivisual who doesnt show a reccesive genetic disorder but who can pass a reccesive allele on to their offspring is called what?

The individual is called a carrier. This means they carry a recessive allele for a genetic disorder, but they do not exhibit symptoms of the disorder themselves. However, they can pass on the recessive allele to their offspring.


Those who have and transmit the disease organism but do not have symptoms and do not display evisence of the disease?

They are called carrier's.


How is a carrier different from a person who has genetic disorder?

A carrier means that you have the gene for the disorder, but because the gene is recessive (meaning that it only shows when you have two recessive genes) and you obviously have a dominant gene as well, you won't show the disorder. Someone who actually has the disorder has two recessive genes. D = dominant gene r = recessive gene Dr = carrier, no signs rD = carrier, no signs DD = not a carrier, no signs rr = has the disorder


What type of alleles does a carrier have?

A carrier typically has one normal allele (wild type) and one mutated allele for a particular gene. Carriers do not display the symptoms of the genetic disorder associated with the mutated allele, but they can pass it on to their offspring.


What is a X linked carrier homozygous?

An X linked carrier is one who carries a mutation in a gene found on the X sex chromosome. A carrier of the trait doesn't display phenotypic symptoms of the disease or mutation but can transfer the mutation in that gene to their offspring (ex: the carrier of a premutation that when transferred to the offspring via the X chromosome will cause the full mutation associated with that gene). A person could be a homozygous carrier if for instance, she were female (two X chromosomes) and carried the premutation associated with the disease. Some diseases need both alleles of the gene to be mutated. If only one allele is mutated (heterozygote) that person may be a carrier for that mutation and can thus pass on that mutation to their children.


What is the cause of DNA disorders and diseases?

When the DNA molecules spit during Meiosis and a disorder is copied into the baby's new DNA, it might get the disorder, or it may just become a carrier. A carrier has the disease or disorder in it's DNA but doesn't show any symptoms of it. The carrier can still pass the disease or disorder on to their kids though. That's what I learned in grade 11 biology!


What is a carrier for hemophilia?

A carrier for hemophilia is a female who carries the genetic mutation for hemophilia on one of her X chromosomes, but does not exhibit symptoms of the condition herself. Carriers can pass on the gene mutation to their children, resulting in hemophilia in male offspring. Testing can confirm carrier status.


How is carrier different from a person that has a disorder?

The carrier typically remains unaffected by the disorder.


Can you be a carrier of hpv without having it yourself?

No you can not be a carrier of HPV without having it yourself. A "carrier" is a common language term for someone who has infection and can infect others, but who has no symptoms of the infection. You can't pass an infectious disease like HPV unless you yourself are infected.


Who is the carrier in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia?

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia is an autosomal recessive disorder, which means that it typically requires both parents to pass on a copy of the faulty gene for a child to be affected. Carriers of the condition usually do not show symptoms themselves but can pass on the gene to their offspring.