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Genetic Engineering

Questions about the manipulation of an organisms genes in order to alter the morphological or chemical traits of the organism.

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How does variation occur?

Variation or mutation occurs within the DNA. It is a natural result of the replication process, or the copying of one DNA strand to make new DNA during reproduction. If the new mutation ends up making some kind of variation that does not kill the organism, then the variation will be passed on to new generations. This is how new traits are formed. When the variation is actually more useful than a trait that the organism's parents had, that new variation will be passed along as a survival trait.

What disorder causes joints to stiff and swell?

There a number of diseases with joint pain and swelling as the symptoms. Different types of arthritis are known to cause inflammation to joins as well as pain. Another common disease that has similar symptoms is gout.

What is a genetic disorder?

A genetic disorder (or a hereditary disease/inherited disorder) is when a wrong gene or chromosomal aberration changes what your genome normally would be. For example: Down's Syndrome or Trisomy 21 which means that that person has 3 copies of chromosome 21 instead of the normal 2.

What are genetic factors?

Variation mainly comes with sexual reproduction at three points.

1. Infidelity in DNA replication introduces variant alleles (mutant alleles)

2. Homologous recombination (crossover) exchanges alleles so new combinations appear in every generation.

3. Transposition (short tandem repeats as STR microsatellites; retrotransposed SINE & LINE regions

What are examples of genetic disorders?

Here are some examples of diseases and genetic disorders that can be inherited from birth or passed on to the next generation:

Diabetes 1, AIDS, Tuberculosis, Neurofibromatosis, and Huntington's disease.

What are some of the harmful and positive effects of genetic mutations?

Genetic mutation have a few effects to look out for. First of all, a genetically mutated body part or organ will not function as long as an average body part or organ. However, in some cases, these mutations are helpful for those whom could otherwise use them as prosthetic organs or body parts. In addition, people whom have a genetic mutation are sometimes given a monthly check if their mutation prohibits them from every day tasks.

How is the genetic material in a bacterial cell carried?

Bacteria are prokaryotes, which means that they do not have a nucleus (unlike eukaryotes, which do). Instead, their genetic material is contained freely in the cytoplasm of the cell; it is not bound inside a membrane.

What nucleotide could be included in the sequence agatgcgagttacgg to form a genetic mutation?

The nucleotide sequence should be AGA TGC GAG TTA CGG (all upper case).

AGA TGC GAG TTA CGG (first strand) on DNA

TCT, ACG, CTC, AAT, GCC (complementary strand) to the above DNA

mRNA: UGU,UGC,GUG,UUA,CGG producing these amino acids:cytoseine, cytosine, valine and arginine. Adding an adenine could cause a mutation at the second codon (stop).

Genetic engineering refers to the process of?

Genetic engineering is a lab technique used by scientists to change DNA of living organisms. It involves taking DNA from one organism and putting it into an unrelated organism (bacteria gene into corn, for example) in order to produce a desired trait.

WOULD WHEAT plant has maximum genetic diversity in India?

no. it would have maximum genetic diversity in the meddle east where it originated from

Difference between reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning?

Reproductive cloning scientist investigate about cells, an egg cell and mix the nucleus, therefore a sollution of the egg cell transfers the nucleus of the somatic cell into the eggcell, then they add mitosis to the egg cell containing the somatics DNA, resulting in an 16cell embryo then it is placed in the womb of a female to create a clone.

While therapeutic cloning people look at embyos and how they are formed.

The order in which cellular components will be found in the pellet when homogenized cells are treated with increasingly rapid spins in a centrifuge?

The correct order in which cellular component will be found in the pellet when homogenized cells are treated with increasingly rapid spins in a centrifuge is a nucleus, mitochondria, and ribosomes. Bound ribosomes generally synthesize membrane proteins and secretory proteins.

Which structure stores most of the genetic information?

Genetic material is stored in the nucleus of a cell, called nuclear DNA. The ribosomes are free floating organelles that process genetic information into proteins determined by "codons" and the Endoplasmic Reticulum helps transfer the newly synthesized proteins to their destination. So it is stored in the nucleus but travels along and within many other different structures within a cell

Cons on cloning?

C. Placing an adult nucleus in a cell without a nucleus.

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.

Unlike in a animal call the genetic material in a bacteria cell is not found in a?

Bacteria belong to a group called prokaryotes which have no membrane bound genetic material (a nucleus).

Is cystic fibrosis a rare disease?

Yes, it is a genetic, inherited disease where a child must receive 2 alleles for cystic fibrosis in order to exhibit symptoms. If a child only receives one of the recessive alleles, they are known as a carrier because they have the ability to pass that gene on to their children.

How is genetic material transferred from paremt to offspring?

The process is fertilization.

Male and female gametes which are haploid each having the number of chromosomes or DNA, fertilize to form a zygote, which later turns to be embryo and then offspring.