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Question: The alien species has decided that they want to use aray gun on you that will duplicate or remove one of the 23 types ofchromosomes in all of your body cells. You get to choose whichchromosome is affected (choose the the one that would impact yourlife the least).
If your last name begins with H-Z, choose a chromosome that willbe duplicated (only one will be duplicated so youwill now have 47 chromosomes).
List 5 types of important genes found on that chromosome andlist the source where you got this info.is chromosome( 1,2,3,X,y )is correct.

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Ans. Assuming the target individual is a female -

# Presence of an extra X-chromosome in females (47, XXX or X-trisomy) does not exhibit any abnormality in around 90% of cases. It is because, the extra X-chromosomes are randomly inactivated in form of Barr bodies, such that each cell generally has only one functional copy of the X-chromosome. Because each cell has a functional copy of X-chromosome, the normal gene functions are expressed without any adverse effects in around 90% cases.

# Genes on X-chromosome-

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â APOO (encodes apolipoprotein )

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TRO (encodes Trophinin)

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â SMS (encodes Spermine synthase enzyme)

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PLAC1 (encodes Placenta-specific protein 1)

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MIR660 (encodes protein MicroRNA 660)

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