What Happens If A Person Has More Than 46 Chromosomes
Loss or gain of one or more chromosomes is known as aneuploidy. If a person has one chromosome more than... View Article
Loss or gain of one or more chromosomes is known as aneuploidy. If a person has one chromosome more than... View Article
Yes, DNA can be extracted from a cell. Friedrich Miescher extracted DNA for the first time in 1869 from white... View Article
Intelligence is influenced by both environmental factors and genes. Researchers have found involvement of many genes (>500), which influence IQ.... View Article
DNA contains the genetic information and present in most of the cells. Cells contain DNA in their nucleus. Mitochondria also... View Article
There is no treatment of chromosomal abnormalities. We can reduce the risk of having chromosomal abnormalities by genetic testing and... View Article
The most common chromosomal disorders in humans are due to aneuploidy, where there is loss or gain of one or... View Article
Triplet is a tri-nucleotide sequence. Triplet of mRNA is a codon, which codes for a specific amino acid during translation.... View Article
Triplet is a tri-nucleotide sequence, which is specific for an amino acid. Codons are the triplets present in mRNA and... View Article
Anticodon is a trinucleotide sequence present on tRNA, which determines the amino acid it carries. It binds to the complementary... View Article
Only two amino acids are coded by a single genetic code. Amino acid methionine and tryptophan are coded by a... View Article
DNA codes for proteins, which are essential for growth and cellular activities. DNA is transcribed into RNA, which is translated... View Article
cDNA or complementary DNA is produced by reverse transcription from mRNA template. It is a DNA copy of mRNA. Further... View Article
The enzyme Reverse transcriptase catalyses the reverse transcription reaction. It is an RNA dependent DNA polymerase. It transcribes DNA from... View Article
A codon is a sequence of three nucleotides or triplets present on mRNA, which encodes for a specific amino acid... View Article
The process of protein synthesis from mRNA is known as translation. Further reading: Cell – The Unit of Life Cell... View Article
Gene expression refers to the production of RNA and proteins directed by genes present in DNA. Gene expression in eukaryotes... View Article
DNA viruses have DNA as their genome. They can have a dsDNA (double-stranded) or ssDNA (single-stranded). The common disease-causing DNA... View Article
If an intron is not removed while splicing in mRNA, it will lead to the formation of non-functional or altered... View Article
Yes, exons include 5’ and 3’ untranslated regions or UTRs along with the protein-coding sequence. Further reading: Polygenic Inheritance... View Article
The 5’ UTR or untranslated region is present upstream of the start codon. It is also known as the leader... View Article