DNA profiling

Globalization, even with all its health disadvantages, should not come under fire so readily. The movement of goods, food and people have become an integral part of what we enjoy as a society that most of us take for granted, exotic fruits and vegetables available in our supermarkets almost every day of the year, competitively priced goods imported from other countries mean we have money left over for our hobbies and that vacation you take every year to visit other countries are all made…

Clones would not lose their identity and individuality, as Kass was concerned. Rather, it is impossible to replicate oneself. Even if the DNA codes for specific atoms and cells, the cells would not be identical to the original person. There are countless ways atoms can bind to molecules. Molecules will end up forming cells, which in turn will create tissues and organs. Since there are…

A genetically modified organism or GMO is any organism whose had its genetic material altered using genetic engineering techniques. We humans have been using selective breeding or artificial selection for a very long time. This process takes the desired traits of an organism and breeds them whilst weeding out the organisms lacking the desired trait are not bred. This was the precursor to what we now call genetic modification. In 1973, Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen created the first genetically…

DNA is the element of making an organism. It contains genetic information that can be applied to all kinds of functions required for living. DNA is a sequence of nucleotides which can be transcript to mRNA. When mRNA is formed, it can later on translate to tRNA where codon could be found. Codon is a set of nucleotide in tRNA which is directly related to the formation of amino acid. The combination of codon determines the characteristic of the amino acid. In other words, to make amino acids,…

Deoxyribonucleic Acid better known as DNA is housed in the cell’s nucleus where the genetic material is. DNA is a long molecule that forms a double helix, folded inside of the nucleus of the cell. The double strand of DNA is held together by hydrogen bonds. The double helix of DNA run head to tail. DNA is typically millions of base pair long (Shier, Butler, Lewis, 2016, p.94). Deoxyribonucleic Acid is one type of nucleic acid with the sequence of building blocks that hold information that…

The genetic information in an organism’s DNA ultimately determines its traits; however, if this genetic information is somehow altered (the arrangement of nucleotides changed) new traits can appear or a deformity might occur. When a cell fails to replicate properly and DNA that is produced is not identical to that of the original (as a result of changes made for various reasons), a mutation has occurred. Failures in replication can be caused by a large number of reasons, but some of the more…

Food is one of the most basic needs of a human to survive. We must eat for our bodies to produce energy for us to burn. Since we have made great advancements in technology we have been able to look toward our food and make advancements there as well. People are changing what they eat together and making more diverse recipes. Part of that means that food has to be available for consumption. These days the need for food has increased because of population increase and because of its use. So how…

Reproductive Cloning With constant new developments in science, society is forced to react and adapt. Along with these new developments, citizens are left questioning the ethics behind the experiment. Almost one hundred thirty years ago, society was introduced to the idea of cloning. It was not until the year nineteen ninety-six when the idea became reality and the first cloned mammal was born, Dolly the sheep. She set the grounds for the next cloned mammals to come. The process of cloning is a…

the overall food quality while being environmentally beneficial (Ormandy, Elisabeth H., Julie Dale, and Gilly Griffin). New technology has allowed scientist to cut out disease-resistant genes from other organism’s DNA using restriction enzymes, and placed into a particular crop’s DNA resulting in that crop to present that disease-resistant trait (Davidson, Sarah Nell). By replacing bad genes with disease-resistant genes farmers can control the possibility of their crops and livestock being…

isolating phage. The first step was to do an enrichment isolation then do a plaque assay and spot test. After that the next protocol was do a plaque streak, which was conducted numerous of times. Then serial dilution was conducted and RE Digests of Phage DNA as well. Last step was protocol 10.3, gel electrophoresis. The relevance of this study is important to field of biology because bacterial infections could be treated with bacteriophages. Bacteriophages can be a solution to antibiotic…