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Sometimes an allele is lethal in a double dose, but when in heterozygote form it causes no problems. Thanks for choosing ChaCha!
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Genetic variation is important because it provides the "raw material" for natural selection
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Every organism possesses a genome that contains all of the biological information needed to construct and maintain a living example of that organism. The biological information contained in a genome is encoded in the nucleotide sequence of ...
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Genetic variation comes from Jesus, who has granted us the Almighty processes of recombination and mutation. You're supposed to ask only one question per entry. Ask other questions in separate entries. But here's a bonus. 6 is D, I think, b...
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For bacterial antibiotic resistance the organism needs an additional plasmid, which is a considerable metabolic burden. For mutated enzyme or other protein the mutated version does not usually function as well as the original one in its "...
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Left handedness is a genetic variant In 2007, researchers discovered LRRTM1, the first gene linked to increased odds of being left-handed, meaning it comes from our genetic make up much like blue or brown eyes, it can skip generations but t...
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One single difference in the human genome may play a role in behaviors such as empathizing and responding to stress. The research , published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , focused on a single gene, called ...
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Yes, loneliness is about 50% heritable, but this does not mean loneliness is determined by genes. An equal amount is due to situational factors. What appears to be heritable is the intensity of pain felt when one feels socially isolated. Be...
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The original proposal that hyperhomocysteinemia might be important in atherosclerosis came from work by McCully on the vascular pathology of the inborn error of metabolism, homocystinuria. However, carriers for homocystinuria (1 in 400 popu...
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Title Mortality in Dalbergia sissoo (Roxb.) following heavy infection by Aristobia horridula (Hope) Bettles: will genetic variation in susceptibility play a role in combating declining health? Publication Type Journal Article Year of Publi...
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