Answer:
Mutation causes the deletion ofa chromosome.
Explanation:
Mutation, an alteration in the genetic material (the genome) of a cell of a living organism or of a virus that is more or less permanent and that can be transmitted to the cell’s or the virus’s descendants. (The genomes of organisms are all composed of DNA, whereas viral genomes can be of DNA or RNA; see heredity: The physical basis of heredity.) Mutation in the DNA of a body cell of a multicellular organism (somatic mutation) may be transmitted to descendant cells by DNA replication and hence result in a sector or patch of cells having abnormal function, an example being cancer. Mutations in egg or sperm cells (germinal mutations) may result in an individual offspring all of whose cells carry the mutation, which often confers some serious malfunction, as in the case of a human genetic disease such as cystic fibrosis. Mutations result either from accidents during the normal chemical transactions of DNA, often during replication, or from exposure to high-energy electromagnetic radiation (e.g., ultraviolet light or X-rays) or particle radiation or to highly reactive chemicals in the environment. Because mutations are random changes, they are expected to be mostly deleterious, but some may be beneficial in certain environments. In general, mutation is the main source of genetic variation, which is the raw material for evolution by natural selection.
Answer:
1. equilibrium
2. natural
3. Negative feedback
4. associated processes
5. Continental drift
6. Feedback loops slow the progression of climate change because the positive and negative feedback loops counteract each other. When the weather systems are getting too strong through positive feedback loops, they start to weaken through negative feedback loops.
Explanation:
Answer:
1. Mitosis results in two genetically identical cells
2. Meiosis results in four sex cells
Many cacti have roots that spread out widely, but only penetrate a short distance into the soil. In one case, a young saguaro only 12 cm (4.7 in) tall had a root system with a diameter of 2 m (7 ft), but no more than 10 cm (4 in) deep.
In other words they can't penetrate that deep.
All of the answers presented above are correct.
Before Gregor Mendel's research, it was believed that parents' characteristics were passed down to the next generation were not inherited as separate units, but blended together in the next generation.
While he was studying the inheritance of different traits of the pea plant such as the height of the plant, the shape and color of the seed and the variability of the color of the flowers.
During his experiments, he noticed that the simple traits as height were passed down to the filial generation separately, so they were not blending in the next generation as it was previously thought.
He managed to get purebred plants for certain traits by self-pollination of the pea plants and used them for this experiments.
He determined that some of the traits were expressed more often and with a higher ratio and called them dominant, as opposed to recessive traits that were expressed less often when cross-breeding with an individual with a dominant trait.
