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#Question id: 11194

The "threshold" potential of a membrane is the ________.

#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology
  1. lowest frequency of action potentials a neuron can produce
  2. minimum hyperpolarization needed to prevent the occurrence of action potentials
  3. minimum depolarization needed to operate the voltage-gated sodium and potassium channels
  4. peak amount of depolarization seen in an action potential
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#Question id: 12490

#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology

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:
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#Question id: 12490

#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology

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:
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#Question id: 12491

#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology

Phenylketonuria shows autosomal recessive inheritance with an incidence of 1 in 10000. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Which of the following is correct?
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#Question id: 12491

#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology

Phenylketonuria shows autosomal recessive inheritance with an incidence of 1 in 10000. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Which of the following is correct?
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#Question id: 12492

#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology

A young man with phenylketonuria, who was successfully treated following diagnosis on newborn screening, is planning to start a family with his healthy, unaffected, and unrelated partner, who has no family history of phenylketonuria . Phenylketonuria shows autosomal recessive inheritance with an incidence of 1 in 10 000. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Which of the following is correct?
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#Question id: 12493

#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology

Cystic fibrosis shows autosomal recessive inheritance with an incidence of 1 in 2500. The unaffected brother of an affected girl is referred for genetic counseling. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Which of the following is correct?