Sponges have medicinal properties due to the presence of microbial chemicals that may control viruses, bacteria, tumors and fungi. They even look rather nice, and some species are helpful to humans when dried and put to use in the kitchen and bathtub.Up to 99% of the world's animal species are invertebrates.
Earth’s axis passes through the North and South Poles. It takes Earth 24 hours to rotate once around its axis. Earth revolves once around the Sun in 365 days during a non-leap year.
A dog meets all the characerisitcs of life in the following ways - they maintain homeostatis, are made of cells, breathe and have a metabolism, are able to reproduce, pass their traits off to their offsp they grow and change, and and respond to their environment.
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Genes are segments of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that contain the code for a specific protein that functions in one or more types of cells in the body. Chromosomes are structures within cells that contain a person's genes. Genes are contained in chromosomes, which are in the cell nucleus.
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Answer: The correct answer to the question is option C
BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAD ONE CHILD WITH TAY-SACHS,YOU MUST EACH CARRY THE ALLELE.ANY CHILD YOU HAVE HAS A 25% CHANCE OF HAVING THE DISEASE.
Explanation: Tay- Sachs is a rare disorder that is inherited,it is characterised by a progressive destruction of the nerves of the brain and spinal cord.its onset is from around 6months of life to around 4-5years of age when the child affected eventually dies.
A Child that have Tay-Sachs experiences problem with coordination,muscle contraction, must stiffness and weakness.there is also difficulty is speaking, swallowing, wasting(uncontrolled weightloss), hearing loss,seizure, and vision loss.
Since the parents of the child in the question claims they don't have Tay- Sachs and no one in the family has it but they came down with a child having Tay-Sachs and one of the major factors to Tay-Sachs as stated above is heredity,the main point to counsel the couples on is that because they have had one child with Tay-Sachs,they most each carry the allele which is obviously recessive so any child they had have has 25% chance of having the disease.
