A gene is a short section of DNA. Your genes contain instructions that tell your cells to make molecules called proteins. Proteins perform various functions in your body to keep you healthy. Each gene carries instructions that determine your features, such as eye colour, hair colour and height.
Q. Where are genes found?
chromosomes
Table of Contents
- Q. Where are genes found?
- Q. What are genes made of?
- Q. How is genetic information copied from parents and transmitted to offspring?
- Q. What traits do you inherit from each parent?
- Q. Are all babies born white?
- Q. How do you know what complexion your baby will be?
- Q. What color is white skin?
- Q. Which skin color is most attractive?
- Q. What race is Neanderthal?
- Q. What blood type were Neanderthals?
- Q. What disease did Neanderthals have?
- Q. What are the rarest blood types?
Q. What are genes made of?
Genes are made up of DNA. Some genes act as instructions to make molecules called proteins. However, many genes do not code for proteins.
Q. How is genetic information copied from parents and transmitted to offspring?
All organisms inherit the genetic information specifying their structure and function from their parents. Likewise, all cells arise from preexisting cells, so the genetic material must be replicated and passed from parent to progeny cell at each cell division.
Q. What traits do you inherit from each parent?
How we inherit characteristics. Parents pass on traits or characteristics, such as eye colour and blood type, to their children through their genes. Some health conditions and diseases can be passed on genetically too.
Q. Are all babies born white?
Your baby’s skin may look somewhat red, pink, or purple at first. Some babies are born with a white coating called vernix caseosa, which protects their skin from the constant exposure to amniotic fluid in the womb. The vernix is washed off with the baby’s first bath. Other babies are born very wrinkled.
Q. How do you know what complexion your baby will be?
A baby’s skin coloring can vary greatly, depending on the baby’s age, race or ethnic group, temperature, and whether or not the baby is crying. When a baby is first born, the skin is a dark red to purple color. As the baby starts to breathe air, the color changes to red.
Q. What color is white skin?
Fitzpatrick scale
| Type | Also called | Sunburning |
|---|---|---|
| I | Light, pale white | Always |
| II | White, fair | Usually |
| III | Medium white to light brown | Sometimes |
| IV | Olive, moderate brown | Rarely |
Q. Which skin color is most attractive?
A new study by Missouri School of Journalism researcher Cynthia Frisby found that people perceive a light brown skin tone to be more physically attractive than a pale or dark skin tone.
Q. What race is Neanderthal?
Neanderthals were very early (archaic) humans who lived in Europe and Western Asia from about 400,000 years ago until they became extinct about 40,000 years ago. Denisovans are another population of early humans who lived in Asia and were distantly related to Neanderthals.
Q. What blood type were Neanderthals?
O blood group
Q. What disease did Neanderthals have?
Neanderthal variants affect the risk of developing several diseases, including lupus, biliary cirrhosis, Crohn’s disease, type 2 diabetes, and severe COVID-19.
Q. What are the rarest blood types?
What are the rarest blood types?
- O positive: 35%
- O negative: 13%
- A positive: 30%
- A negative: 8%
- B positive: 8%
- B negative: 2%
- AB positive: 2%
- AB negative: 1%
