HOT Questions on Chromosomes, Genes, and Proteins

What is the relationship between DNA, genes, and chromosomes?

Why do gametes have half the number of chromosomes compared to body cells?

How does a mutation in a gene affect protein synthesis?

Explain why different cells in the same organism have different functions despite having the same DNA.

Why is DNA replication important before cell division?

6. Explain why proteins have a specific shape and how this relates to their function.

7. If a cell has 12 chromosomes before mitosis, how many chromosomes will each daughter cell have?

8. How does the complementary base pairing rule ensure accurate DNA replication?

9. How do dominant and recessive alleles affect protein production?

10. Why do dominant alleles always express their trait, while recessive alleles do not?