Two offspring cells are most likely to inherit which one of the following from the parent cell?
a. a change in a nucleotide in mRNA
b. a change in a nucleotide in tRNA
c. a change in a nucleotide in rRNA
d. a change in a nucleotide in DNA
e. a change in a protein

Question

Two offspring cells are most likely to inherit which one of the following from the parent cell?

a. a change in a nucleotide in mRNA

b. a change in a nucleotide in tRNA

c. a change in a nucleotide in rRNA

d. a change in a nucleotide in DNA

e. a change in a protein

Accepted Answer

Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question together. Choose which statement is correct. Is it answer choice. A. In mitosis, each daughter cell will inherit genes from both parents. Answer choice B horizontal gene transfer is uniquely found only in bacteria. Answer choice C both statements A and B or answer choice D, none of the above. Let's work this problem out together to try to figure out which of the following statements is correct. If both are correct or if neither statement is correct. So in order to solve this question, we have to understand what each statement is saying to determine if it is correct or incorrect. Start off with answer choice A which says that in mitosis, each daughter cell will inherit genes from both parents. And we can recall that mitosis produces two genetically identical daughter cells from a single parent cell which tells us that answer choice A is not a correct statement and instead is related to meiosis. Since meiosis produces cells that are genetically unique from the parent and contain only half as much DNA. So answer choice A cannot be the correct answer, which also means that answer choice C is not the correct answer either. Next, we have answer choice B which says horizontal gene transfer is uniquely found only in bacteria, which we can also recall that horizon gene transfer involves the movement of genetic materials between different species. And horizontal gene transfer is found to be prevalent in prokaryotes while being very rare in eukaryotes. So that tells us that horizontal gene transfer is something that is found in prokaryotes and also eukaryotes, even though it is very rare, which means that it is not uniquely found only in bacteria. So answer choice B is also a false statement which makes answer choice B incorrect. So answer choice D none of the above is the correct answer. As both statements A and B are not correct. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.

Two offspring cells are most likely to inherit which one of the following from the parent cell?
a. a change in a nucleotide in mRNA
b. a change in a nucleotide in tRNA
c. a change in a nucleotide in rRNA
d. a change in a nucleotide in DNA
e. a change in a protein

Verified Solution

Key Concepts

DNA Replication

Types of RNA

Protein Synthesis

Two offspring cells are most likely to inherit which one of the following from the parent cell?a. a change in a nucleotide in mRNAb. a change in a nucleotide in tRNAc. a change in a nucleotide in rRNAd. a change in a nucleotide in DNAe. a change in a protein

Verified Solution

Key Concepts

DNA Replication

Types of RNA

Protein Synthesis

Two offspring cells are most likely to inherit which one of the following from the parent cell?
a. a change in a nucleotide in mRNA
b. a change in a nucleotide in tRNA
c. a change in a nucleotide in rRNA
d. a change in a nucleotide in DNA
e. a change in a protein