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how it was being used around the world on modifying genes, and engineering new species by deleting or replacing the genes that were unwanted by that organism. What I knew about CRISPR includes just main things such as how it works and basic genome sequences it would manipulate. I however did not know too much information about it since it is relatively a new topic and new discoveries being coming to light daily. Therefore I did my research and chose this topic in order to get a better knowledge…

The title of the video, “Ghost in your Genes”, is very appropriately titled because it discussed the various appearances of phenotypic differences among organisms with identical genomes. In the mid to late 1900s, scientists were convinced that DNA sequences were solely responsible for every trait evident in organisms. After the human genome experiment, which involved compiling and analyzing genomes of thousands of different people, it was determined that humans have around 25,000 genes, far…

testing may lead to a miscarriage with the child. The human genome project is the world's largest biological project. The original name of the project was the human genome initiative. The human genome project was an effort to try to figure out the DNA sequencing of the whole human genome. The human project has help scientist to start to understand the blueprint for building a person. The scientist learn more about the function of genes and proteins. With this knowledge there will be a…

Organelles of Animal Cells The Nucleus: ~A large, round organelle visible under the microscope. Functions- Regulation • Controls the cell’s activities • Controls cell reproduction Contains genetic material - DNA that makes up the genes and chromosome. The Ribosome: ~Made of dozens of different proteins as well as RNA, also found in large numbers in the cytoplasm of living cells. Ribosome are typically composed of two subunits: • Large subunit • Small subunit “ Free” Ribosome makes…

Watson, an American geneticist; Francis Crick, a British molecular biologist, and Maurice Wilkins, an English physicist and molecular biologist. The three worked together and achieved a significant impact on biotechnology in terms of the discovery of DNA structure (the double helix), and therefore they had been awarded Nobel Prize in 1962 (Watson, 1968). Their research and subsequent major discoveries…

The article “Tweak in Gene Expression May Have Helped Humans Walk Upright” found on Science Daily discusses work conducted by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. These researchers have been able to distinguish what gave us humans the ability to walk upright through research conducted on the fish threespine stickleback. The fish has evolved multiple times over time in order to match different environments around the world.…

According to MacArthur et al. (2014), to implicate a variant as pathogenic, the DNA sequence affected by it should have a role in the disease. Therefore, gene level evidence is required to establish the implication. MacArthur et al. suggested that the gene level evidence which can implicate sequence variants toward complex diseases include genetic and experimental evidence. Gene burden results are genetic evidence, and experiments addressing protein interactions, biochemical function, expression…

Geneticist James D. Watson DNA is the most famous molecule that is found in the world today, though it was quite a late discovery in the scientific world. [5] James Watson was one of the geneticists that helped discover the structure of DNA. James Watson was an Academic, Biologist, Geneticist, Zoologist, and a scientist. He was born on the 6th of April 1928 in Chicago and is now 87 years old. Watson was awarded the Nobel Prize for helping discover the double-helix structure of DNA. His partner…

genomic integrity when cells sustain DNA damage. The p53 protein functions as a nuclear transcription factor that regulates expression of various genes encoding proteins involved in cell-cycle checkpoints (e.g., p21WAF1/CIP1), apoptosis, and DNA repair .Since its important role in many cellular processes, p53 is prone to mutations and is mutated in 80–90% of NSCLCs and in 50% of SCLCs [Sekido et al., 2001]. Most missense mutations in the TP53 gene occur in the DNA-binding domain, abolishing its…

bring issues into the world. One of these “issues” that humans know today is genetic engineering. Genetic engineering is one of the well known creations known to man kind. However people believe that this creation of alternating Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) can have its negative effects just as it has it positive effects.(“Genetic engineering of animals”). Genetic Engineering was intended only to modify the genetic makeup of someone or something. (“What Is Genetic Engineering?”). But it is…