“The MTHFR gene encodes an enzyme known as methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase that breaks down homocysteine amino acid. C677T and A1298C are two common mutations of the MTHFR gene.” Enzymes are proteins…
Continue reading“Various phenotypes and variations in different organisms are evolved due to the mechanism known as genetic polymorphism.” DNA is known to us only since 1950, ‘chemically’ explained in 1953 by…
Continue reading“Genetic disorders occur due to alterations in either gene, DNA or chromosome which can cause serious health or medical problems.” Genetic disorders are congenital, commonly, however not in all cases….
Continue reading“Mutagen is a physical, chemical or biological agent that causes mutation by altering the genetic material which possibly results in the disease condition.” In a simple language, we can say…
Continue reading“A mutation occurs at a single base on a polynucleotide DNA chain is called point mutation.” A mutation is a natural event that changes the genetic constitution of a genome,…
Continue readingA single nucleotide variation (deletion/ addition) occurred at the specific location into the genome is called an SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism often abbreviated as SNP, snip or snips. The human…
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