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Genes come in pairs because Genes are in chromosomes and chromosomes come in pairs as well.

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Because you have two parents. Each contributes one gene (like a chromosome).

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because you get one gene from each parent

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Q: Explain why the majority of genes in an organism occur in pairs.?
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When certain genes make organism more likely to survive and reproduce which process can occur?

Adaptation


What is the link between genes and a healthy organism?

Genes encode RNA and proteins/enzymes in DNA sequences. The proteins and enzymes allow the organism to function optimally. Enzymes are involved in cycles such as TCA and FTC in the form of ATP (energy). If a mutation occurs when the gene encode these enzymes the entire cycle can be disrupted and cause an organism to become unhealthy. Genes control everything you anatomically are and a healthy organism is defined by what it does, eats and the environment surrounding it. Genes may change during your life on their own and anatomical miracles may occur.


How do combinations of genes occur?

through dominate and recessive genes


Where do the majority faults occur?

The majority of faults occur in the plate boundaries.


Why are mutation beneficial to the process of evolution?

Scientists have shown that beneficial mutations do occur to produce brand new alleles(variants of genes) that improve an organism's chances of survival in a particular environment


Why does replication have to occur?

So that the genes can be passed on.


What does NOT occur when genes are linked?

Independent assortment.


Where does the mutation occur?

A mutation can occur anywhere in any chromosome, this is because they are caused by "random" processes. The vast majority of mutations have no impact on the organism (the amount of noncoding DNA in most chromosomes is larger than the amount of DNA in functioning genes, and some mutations while they change part of a gene do not change to protein it codes for at all) in which they occur and in multicellular organisms cannot pass on to the next generation (only mutations in the cells that make egg and sperm cells can be passed on).


In bacteria genes occur as?

unbroken stretches of proteins.


How do you explain the who what when why how?

Who was involved, What happened, When did it occur, Why did it occur, and How did it happen.


Where do majority of faults occurs?

The majority of faults occur in the plate boundaries.


In bacteria genes occur as what?

plasmids...circular strands of DNA