BIOSC-101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sickle-Cell Disease, Nondisjunction, Gamete

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Chromosomes have a possibility to be altered and contain breaks in the dna structure, which can be generated by agents such as radiation or certain chemicals or by enzymes encoded in some infecting viruses. These broken chromosomes may be lost or reattach themselves to other. May have genetic consequences if alleles are eliminated, mixed in new chromosomes combinations, duplicated or placed in new locations by the alterations in cell lines that lead to the formation of gametes. Genetic changes may also occur through a change in chromosome number, including addition of loss of one or more chromosomes. Changes are results in defects, disability and diseases because there is a mutation occurring within the dna. Occurs if a broken segment is lost from a chromosome. May cause severe problems if the missing segment contains genes that are essential for normal development of cellular functions. Occurs id a segment is broken from one chromosome and inserted into its homologue.

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