20. How did HeLa cells make it possible to diagnose trisomies like Down syndrome?

1 answer:

6 0

He La cells have play important role in the study of cancer and even in cancer therapies. He La cells are also used to diagnose trisomic disorders such as Down's Syndrome with the help of chromosome banding. Some genes present in the He La cells are used as markers and compared with the other cell line in question. Presence of the marker for Down's syndrome in the cell in question shows that the person is suffering from the disease.

You might be interested in

True or false. Can you provide any evidence?

brilliants [131]

1. False- a species would know what is their kind and what is not

2. True- if the parents have the trait it is most likely the offspring will have it also

3. False- they can’t change their beak type. They just adapt in their current environment

4. False- natural selection is when a breed is naturally selected to have certain traits in that specific area

(Sorry if it’s wrong hope this helped :) )

6 0

3 years ago

Difference between bacteria and protists

Anni [7]

Answer:

Bacteria and protists are unicellular organisms. The difference lies in the type of cells they have. Bacteria are placed in the kingdom Monera and have a prokaryotic cell, whereas protists are placed in the kingdom Protista and have a eukaryotic cell.

8 0

2 years ago

Read 2 more answers

Things that affect the Functions of an enzyme

Lisa [10]

Temperature and PH can affect how effective the enzyme is.

6 0

3 years ago

El pelaje de un cobayo negro es una característica dominante, y el de una cobaya blanca es recesivo. Cuando una cobaya negra y b

stepan [7]

Answer:

si es heterocigota la f.1