Investigator Clayton is called to the scene of a crime. A young woman has been murdered in her apartment. Several hairs are foun
d on the victim's jacket, but they do not have follicular tissue or a root attached. Police suspect Travis, the young woman's neighbor, of the crime. Investigators can only try to analyze for mitochondrial DNA. The
mitochondrial DNA matches Travis but who else could it match?
The apartment super who just moved from Italy
Travis's mother, who lives with him
Travis's father, who works at night
Travis's uncle, his father's brother
<em>The correct option is A) Travis's mother, who lives with him</em>
Explanation:
We all know that humans reproduce sexually. The zygote formed consists half of the chromosomes or genome from the mother and half from the father. Hence, the sex cells undergo meiosis so that the chromosome number could be reduced to half in the sex cells.
However, the mitochondria present in a cell have their own DNA and instead of both parents being transferring this DNA, the mitochondrial DNA is just transferred by the mother to the offsprings. Hence, the mitochondrial DNA of mother and child will be the same.
The codon AUG, commonly known as the start codon, specifies the amino acid methionine. As a result, during protein synthesis, methionine is the first amino acid to dock in the ribosome.
Seismic waves are the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion. They are the energy that travels through the earth and is recorded on seismographs. There are several different kinds of seismic waves, and they all move in different ways.
Fruits are nearly round averaging 10 to 12 inches in diameter with an average weight of 24 pounds. Flesh is bright deep-red with high sugar content and relatively few small dark brown mottled seeds Read More… This popular oblong striped variety averages 22 to 24 inches long by 11 to 13 inches in diameter.
