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A Jewish couple is about to be married but they both worry about their family history. The man's uncle and the women's aunt died of Tay Sachs disease. Infer why the couple is hiring a genetic counselor analyze their families pedigree.
Reasons are not far-fetched, both intended couple might carry a dominant gene for Tay Sachs disease or one of them has a dominant gene for such, it is pertinent a genetic counselor analyze their family pedegree in order to avoid having such disease or passing it to their offspring.
The chances of either of the intended couple to carry such dominant gene of the disease is imminent.
Explanation:
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Because the gametes implemented in fertilisation are haploid in nature, in the case of humans, mature gametes contain 23 chromosomes instead of 46 which will then combine with another parents' 23 chromosomes during fertilisation, i.e: 23 (dad) + 23 (mom) = 46 (zygote)
Explanation:
A regular somatic cell has 46 chromosomes, 2n, 2 alleles but the gametes have 23 chromomes, n, 1 allele. The usual significance of this is so that there is diversity in the offspring and the offspring can gain characteristics (bad or good) from both parents.
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Miasma theory was replaced because John Snow collected data that showed that germs cause disease.
Explanation:
The theory of miasma was proposed in the past when some scientists —like doctors Thomas Sydenham and Giovanni Maria Lancisi— thought that disease was the product of emanations originated by the decomposition of organic matter. This theory was based on the fact that diseases predominated in places with poor hygienic conditions.
John Snow, an english physician, was one of the main contributors to the <u>microbial theory of disease</u>. In 1854, while a cholera epidemic was occurring, he collected data and organized it statistically and then concluded that the disease was caused by germs present in drinking water. This <u>data was contrary to the miasma theory, which would eventually be displaced by the microbial theory of the disease</u>.
In my opinion the answer would be A.
