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What are two organelles, as well as the nucleus which can contain DNA?
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Chloroplasts
Mitochondria |
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What is the theory of how cells developed other DNA containing organelles?
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Endosymbiont theory
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Explain endosymbiont theory...
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In an ancestral cell, a prokaryote was ingested which formed the organelle
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What method is transmission of mitochondria?
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Uniparental
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Why is mitochondria received from the mother?
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Egg is bigger
More mitochondria Sperm is degraded |
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What is passive segregation?
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When mitochondria are transferred from mother to the zygote, the spread is not necessarily equal of different possible types (such as wt and mutant)
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How many newborns have pathological mutations?
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1/250
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How many adults have mutations in mitochondrial DNA?
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1/10,000
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Name three diseases associated with mitochondria?
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Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
Kearn's syndrome Myoclonic epilepsy |
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Which model looked at plant genetics of identical to maternal variegated plants?
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Four O' Clock model
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