Gamete

Drosophila melanogaster is also known as the fruit fly. It “has played a central role in developmental biology during the twentieth century”. The fruit fly is considered a model organism for many reasons. Drosophila is low maintenance creatures that are easy to care for. Since they are such a small size, scientists are able to control numerous amounts of the Drosophila melanogaster at any given time. Drosophila reproduces many offspring and the offspring are created in a very fast fourteen-day…

The sex chromosome determines whether a zygote will be male or female. Females have XX sex chromosomes and males have XY chromosomes. One chromosome comes each comes from the gametes of the parents. Each egg has an X chromosome and “if the sperm contains a Y chromosome, the match with the female chromosome will be XY, and the child will be genetically male,” (Ginsberg, Nackerud & Larrison, 2004, p. 198). On the other hand if the…

Introduction Many names, gene therapy, gene editing, genetic spell checking, chromosomal correction, targeted gene repair, and chromosomal engineering have been given to a process that could be the cure for certain genetic disorders where only one gene is affected, such as sickle cell anemia or parkinson’s disease. Germline editing would be a more permanent procedure as it would change the certain genetic sequences which would be inherited by future offspring. Scientists are moving closer…

Biologists view egg production as wasteful because women merely shed “only one gamete a month” (486). Similarly, Martin explains that men “manufacture several hundred million sperms a day,” and are therefore extremely productive. The contrast reveals a devaluation of female body, as the differences concern male dominance and strength…

“ You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do ” (Ford). In this society, not many individuals are recognized centuries after dying, since not everybody has the capability to excel in what they are doing. Henry Ford is a businessman, who is still remembered in today’s society, for his inventions in the early 20th century. In the novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley alludes to Henry Ford in order to give their society a structure since most notions revolve around him. This becomes…

“Introduction to Beyond the Natural Body” written by Nelly Oudshoorn and “The egg and the Sperm” written by Emily both emphasize the idea of a woman’s body being examined through a social construct instead of a science classification. In the 1970’s, the female body was explained in terms of how the male body was perceived, for example: in texts written by the Ancient Greeks would refer the female genitals, the ovaries as the “female testicle”, as it used the male organs to lead every description…

Knowledge is defined as the facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education . It is the state of being aware of something. Innate is defined as something that exists in one from birth. Soul, based on the Tripartite of the Human Person by Plato, is referred to as the beholder of reason or knowledge, and the seat of wisdom. It is the immaterial and immortal essence that controls our body and spirit. What is the relationship between our soul and knowledge? A…

Society. Lots of things go on in pregnancy and it’s better to know early on how it all works and the effects and concerns with pregnancy. In the first section, Conception, it talks about the DNA way the baby is made and formed. The male and female gametes divide through meiosis which divides the cells into 23 chromosomes. It also lets us know that Fertilization of the egg by the sperm occurs in the fallopian tube which then enters the ovumn and causes the membrane convering the ovumn to…

People have always believed that Embryonic Stem Cell Research has the potential to lead to great medical discoveries that may allow the recreation of medicine. Through embryonic stem cell research, stem cells can be created and modified so that these cells can transform into specific cells that may be used to treat incurable diseases, or create therapies for incurable diseases, such as diabetes. However, there are also several ethical issues that are looked down upon by various civilian and…

Analyze the anatomical structure of ten different organelles in the cell and their respective functions. Chloroplast: Its main function is photosynthesis trapping energy from the sun and producing sugar from carbon dioxide. Its structure is made up of a double membrane system. They are known as the outer and inner membranes. The inner membrane surrounds the stroma and grana other words known as stacks of thylakoids (NCBI, 2016). Endoplasmic reticulum: Its main function is translation and…