DNA

The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance, written by Nessa Carey, is a uniquely constructed introduction to the world of epigenetics. Regardless of its recent emergence in science, Carey articulately ties in both historical context and scientific evidence to outline and support the developing knowledge of epigenetics. She uses scientific studies, advances, and even possible future developments of the field to engage and…

“A Powerful New Way to Edit DNA” tells the beginning of gene editing. It all starts with Japanese scientist noticing unusual repeated DNA sequences. This later helped scientist to realize that DNA could be edited. Within this article it talks about different discoveries about genome editing and also has an educational image of Crispr editing. This article answers the questions of what is gene editing, what it might treat and the biggest hurdle. Also the ethnic controversy, if it is legal and…

The term “evolution” is a theory to explain how earth becomes full of life from simple bacteria. Set by Darwin, it is a common concept accepted by the public. He used the finches on Galápagos Islands to explain an important concept for evolution, nature selection. He found that on Galápagos Islands, finches have many different types of beaks. Some are easy to crush seeds, some are easy to catch warms in the trunks, and others have their ways to use. But different types of beaks can only found on…

Materials 1. Micropipette 2. Micropipette Tips 3. WARDS’S quick view DNA Stain 4. Prepared Agarose 0.8% 5. Tris-Borate-EDTA 5x Buffer 6. Electrophoresis Mold 7. Electrophoresis comb 8. Electrophoresis chamber 9. Electrophoresis power pack and cords 10. DNA from cow liver 11. DNA from chicken liver 12. 224 grams of fresh cow’s liver 13. 224 grams of fresh chicken liver 14. Meat tenderizer 15. Kitchen knife 16. Blender 17. 2.5 ml Salt 18. 31 ml dishwashing liquid (Dawn) 19. 354 ml warm water 20.…

causing additional racism in our country. Only the wealthy will be able to have designer babies, and will they think they are to good for the rest of the world. “The process of DNA replication starts off with the double helix “unzipping” with both helices running in opposite directions. A “Y” shaped region is formed. The whole DNA doesn’t split though, only a small…

known for her contributions to the discovery of the DNA structure. She was born into an influential Jewish family and at an early age she excelled in her studies, at the age of fifteen she discovered her love to become a scientist. She later on attended Newnham College in 1938 where she studied chemistry. Upon graduating she worked with Jacques Mering who taught her X-ray diffraction which would later on play a role in her discovery of the DNA structure. In January 1951 Franklin began working…

DNA is normally referred to as nuclear DNA, but can be found in other forms, such as plasmids (Alberte et al., 2012). Plasmids are small molecules with a circular shape (Gohlmann & Talloen, 2010). Plasmids are not necessarily vital to for survival of host bacteria but do…

of Europeans can trace their ancestry back to seven different woman. In order to do this, the mitochondrial DNA must correspond with that of one of the seven women: Ursula, Xenia, Helena, Velda, Tara, Katrine or Jasmine. Mitochondrial DNA, specifically that in the control region, is used because individuals have the same mitochondrial DNA as their mothers. The only way for mitochondrial DNA to change is through mutation. It is through the slowly developing mutations that Sykes is able to group…

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,…

CRISPR Genes – A way to eradicate Autism to Cancer to Zellweger syndrome and everything in-between It was September 20th 2001. It was the day my mother would be screened if the fetus (i.e. me in my glorious self) showed an elevated risk for Downs Syndrome. A triple screen blood was performed which measured the quantities of three substances: Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) which is produced by the fetus, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and unconjugated estriol which is produced by the placenta. The…