Timeline for Is it possible to have different genes in different parts of our body?
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| Mar 26, 2016 at 12:16 | vote | accept | Kanj | ||
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| Mar 26, 2016 at 12:14 | comment | added | Kanj | @Roland- When asking question 3, I assumed that each cell has the entire genetic material not just the part that's relevant to it. I hope that's correct. What I want to know is that if cells in separate parts of the body develop conflicting genetic material due to mutation, genes of which part of the body would control the organism. The answer, I gather from this discussion, is that cell's growth and behaviour would depend on the genetic material it has; not on the genes present in other parts of the body. So high hair growth rate cells of the stomach can not affect hair on the scalp. | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 20:11 | comment | added | Roland | @Kanj, I think your question (3) is causing some confusion. What do you mean by "which genetic material will control the behaviour" ? Each cell has its own copy of the genetic material (genome), and if the genome of one cell is changed by a mutation, various things can go awry in that particular cell, but it does not affect other cells in the body. Perhaps you can clarify your stomach--scalp example? | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 14:06 | answer | added | Forest | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 12:32 | comment | added | Remi.b | More information on protein variation among despite little to no genetic variation: More variation in proteins than genes. Why? | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 12:25 | comment | added | another 'Homo sapien' | @Roland I know, I just gave an introduction to these topics and said that I would give more details on this. However, iayork has already posted an answer which, I think, answers many parts of the question. :) | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 12:22 | comment | added | Roland | @another'Homosapien' I don't agree, there are many ways DNA can be altered, and smaller genetic changes in single cells happen due to errors in all the time. Of course this does not turn you into half-elephant, but it is certainly possible that the different cells in the body have differences in their genetic material. | |
| S Mar 25, 2016 at 12:16 | history | suggested | another 'Homo sapien' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 25, 2016 at 11:48 | answer | added | iayork | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Mar 25, 2016 at 11:06 | comment | added | another 'Homo sapien' | Welcome to Biology.SE! 1-Genetic mutation means error in base sequence, not chromosome generation. 2- No. No effect would be so powerful that it would alter your genetic material. That'd mean that you are half human and half elephant (or something worse). 3- the result would be no hair at all (stomach would burn the hair on its lining, and scalp wouldn't generate hair at all). If you're satisfied with this, then I can post it as an answer with some more details. | |
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| Mar 25, 2016 at 10:56 | history | asked | Kanj | CC BY-SA 3.0 |