Our group was assigned fruit flies with the mutated traits of shadow body and stubby wings. These traits were easily identifiable. A shadowed body was gray instead of the wild-type color of light brown, and stubby wings were nearly absent from the organism when they should be prominent. In this experiment, we attempted to determine the mode of inheritance for these two traits. After the parents mated, we viewed their F1 offspring. We noticed this generation didn’t contain either of the…
phylogenetics to identify genes within the mitochondria of specimen from extinct Hidalgo bird species and shrew species that showed similarity, and therefore relate them to common ancestry1.…
- Genetic testing is a medical assessment that detects any changes occurring in your genes, proteins or chromosomes. ("What Is Genetic Testing? - Genetics Home Reference." U.S. National Library of Medicine. National Institutes of Health, n.d. Web. 29 Nov. 2016.) - It is used to rule out any genetic condition as well as it can be used to determine a person’s chance of developing a genetic disorder. ("What Is Genetic Testing? - Genetics Home Reference." U.S. National Library of Medicine. National…
James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins all played a pivotal role in determining the structure of the DNA molecule. The orderly and methodical work at King’s college, London by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins provided a more experimental approach, working closely with X-ray diffraction images of DNA, this was juxtaposed to Watson and Cricks who at their Cambridge lab approached research by building physical models, narrowing down possibilities and producing ever…
Everyday millions of people are born with mutations, harmful diseases, as well as being in a tragic event like fire, frost bite, or other events losing skin or body parts. Today we have progressed further and further into science. Scientist have discovered a new method called Tissue Engineering. By using cells to create a new tissue or even a working organ, they then are able to be put back inside the hosts body like nothing ever happened for people all over the world. This method is being used…
There are many careers or occupations that require the knowledge and use of genetics. Among these are virologists and pharmacologists. A virologist is a person who studies virology, which is “the study of virus and virus-like agents, including (but not limited to) their taxonomy, disease-producing properties, cultivation and genetics” (Mestrovic, 2015, para. 1). I could say that a day in the life of a virologist would start in his/her office, which is the laboratory, where he/she would perform…
Altering the genes of a human adult is a procedure that is already taking place in America today. However, altering the genes of embryos is similar to altering adult genes, but involve different steps of eliminating unwanted genes. The main aspect of altering embryos is that there has to be a large amount of them to work with. For example, in order to properly alter the genes of an embryo, scientist created 58 embryos from the sperm of a male with the mutation and combined them a female donor…
introduced to the plasmid that had the antibiotic resistant gene.The LB/amp had growth to it because it was not introduced to any new molecules or chemicals. The po The other plates had growth because they was introduced to the antibiotic resistant gene that made the bacteria able to grow. The positive control of the experiment was the LB plate, because the environment was not changed by any plasmids or antibiotics, which caused this agar plate to serve as the basis of the experiment. The…
Human genes should not be altered due to the negative effects that come. Researchers claim that this procedure is accurate and precise, but even the most accurate technology can have different effects on certain people. If something goes wrong or if there is a mistake, the outcome is permanent. According to Patra, “This could be fatal in human genetic engineering creating problems ranging from minor medical problems, to death.” (para 5). If the CRISPR is not 100% correct, then not only a disease…
Think of having a world where we are all have genes from “three parents”. When a woman or mother has mitochondrial disease scientist take a healthy nucleus from the mother’s egg that has damaged mitochondria in it and place it in an egg from a healthy donor. That egg, which is now carrying genetic material of two women, is fertilized by the male sperm and implanted into the mother (Nazir). This scientific research is called “Three Parent Genetic Babies”. Britain has become the first country in…