A person’s hands are exposed to sunrays every day and gradua…
A person’s hands are exposed to sunrays every day and gradually it leads to the accumulation of mutations in its skin cells. This, in turn, leads to skin cancer in that area. Determine if these mutations will be passed on to the offspring. Give specific reason for your answer and also state the type of mutations that can be inherited and the ones that cannot be inherited.
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Hydrolytic enzymes are the enzymes that breakdown unwanted components inside the cell. They must be segregated and packaged to prevent general destruction of cellular components. Which of the organelles contains these hydrolytic enzymes in animal cells?
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We get exposure to radiations all the time, UVB radiations, which are dangerous than UVA, damage the DNA by forming thymine dimers. However, our cells have the two types of DNA repair system in place called as __________________ and ________________.
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A species of mice can have gray or black fur and long or short tails. If gray is recessive and long is dominant, using the gene symbols G for black, g for gray, S for long and s for short, what would be the genotype of a black-furred, short-tailed mouse?
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