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#Question id: 12490

Tay-Sachs disease shows autosomal recessive inheritance. Parents of a newly diagnosed affected child are referred for genetic counselling. It would be correct to tell them that:

#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology

the probability that their next child will be affected is 1 in 2.
the probability that the older unaffected sister of the affected child is a carrier is 1 in 2.
the fact that their last child was affected means that their next three children will not be affected.
the probability that each parent is a carrier is 1.

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#Question id: 11452

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A given photon of light may trigger an action potential with thousands of times more energy because the signal strength is amplified by ________.

#Question id: 318

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Attractions of oppositely charged functional groups of proteins are sometimes called ________.

#Question id: 4209

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Tryptophan synthesis can be controlled by a process called attenuation in which the levels of tryptophan in the cell control translation by

#Question id: 5072

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Movement of epithelial cells as a unit to enclose deeper layers of the embryo. This type of cell movement during gastrulation occur in:

#Question id: 18992

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