Prokaryotes, which include bacteria and single-celled microorganisms called Archaea, usually pass their chromosomal DNA on to their offspring asexually. In other words, a bacterial cell reproduces ...

A translocation chromosome mutation can be of two types — reciprocal and Robertsonian ... But this person has all the genetic material required for normal protein synthesis and function.

Of course, different genetic systems react differently to such events. Finally, still other sources of mutations are the many different types of transposable ... (by pasting material from ...

DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material found in nearly all living ... the integrity of the genetic information, cells have evolved various DNA repair mechanisms. These mechanisms ...

Whether spontaneous or induced, mutations generally are a result of large-scale deletions, inversions or translocations of chromosomes, or from point mutations (a type of mutation that causes a single ...

“For any type of genetic material there is ancestral knowledge ... Amazon fruits that are now consumed all over the world. Indigenous peoples have always used guaraná as an energy supplement ...