Sex cell

"Does this imply that all the somatic cells in the mice contain 1 copy of the functional gene and 1 copy of the non-functional ... this can be complicated by the biology, especially if the gene is on the X sex chromosome (where chromosome silencing can complicate expression). "What ...

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... probably indecent English. I was reading about how cancer evolves in a cell and that cancer can become inherited. I need a little brainstroming ... how this actually happens. So the germline cells that produce sex cells ( ? ) gets the effects of carcinogens/radiation causing there to ...

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... there are different types (monosomy and trisomy) and it can occur in sex chromosomes or autosomes...AND there are different causes (non-disjunction, ... is as you say "extra sets" of chromosomes within the cells... however it is simpler as there are only two types; allopolyploidy ...

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1) Mitosis is correct. In this type of cell division, the resulting "daughter" cells are genetically identical ... cells. Any changes to those cells do not get passed on to your offspring. When sex cells (egg/sperm) are created, however, an event called crossing over occurs ...

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... by the ribosome. That's like saying - we didn't evolve, we are made by sex. I assume the membrane was first because the cell is enveloped by membrane even in prokaryotes, which lack Golgi or lysosomes.

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