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powerful tool to study the evolutionary relationship among organisms. We are able to identify genes that are conserved among the species. We can also identify genes that give organisms their unique and complex characteristics (Comparative Genomics Fact Sheet). This allows us to make inferences regarding the rate of evolution of particular genes, duplication…

In this paper I will summarize the main point of this article by Genetic literacy Project. This article from Genetic literacy project summarizes the main points from a report on Onarstechnica. The main point of this article is our Genetics can be linked to depression, your character, and wellbeing. “Evidence of genetic and biological causes for mental illnesses may help to fight the stigma that often accompanies them. On the other hand, certain researchers have suggested that a focus on…

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…

based on its genes. Metagenomics is a mechanism in which microbial species are isolated using their DNA. A few conclusions reached from these experiments are microalgae enhances N & P removal, bacteria contributes to a degrading pathway of benzoate, and bacteria and archaea form ecologically and genetically diverse populations. Overall these discoveries are valuable to the science community and our species because it can lead to the adaptation of overall species structure. In Horizontal Gene…

The next topic a student should be schooled in is cells and cellular biology. While cells are the building blocks of all living organism, scientists have confirmed that there are actually different types of cells depending on the organism. The two main classes of organisms are the prokaryotes and the eukaryotes. The prokaryotic is the simpler of the two and are the one-celled organisms such as bacteria and archaea. The interior of a prokaryotic cell consists of a main nucleoid, which contains…

alternative forms of a gene. To follow the inheritance of genes from parent to child, Mendel first needed to be sure which genes each parent carried. Mendel reasoned that pure-bred plants must have two copies of the same gene for each trait. Pure-bred pea plants when crossed did not produce offspring with blended traits. For example, one might expect that a cross between pure-bred green-seeded…

No other replication supported those results. Freezing slows the process of enzymatic break down, but does not stop it. Radiation can also damage DNA in frozen tissue (Landers). At Harvard, they hope to identify mammoth genes for adaption to cold weather and insert them into elephant nuclei in hopes of creating a mammoth instead of cloning one. By reconstructing the mammoth genome, scientists can genetically engineer a cell nucleus using bits and pieces found in different…

for their success. The nature theory has to do with the way someone's genes; something they were born with influences their success. And the nurture theory has to do with how someone is raised or how things they are taught influences their success. Both of these theories have different aspects of how they influence individual success. Nature has both good and bad influences on one’s success based on their genes, if one's genes are bad and ones nurture is bad their success is very limited to be…

Genetic drift is a random occurrence among species and is a way in which specific individuals' genetics will carry over into the next generation gene pool. This process happens when a species' alleles randomly change frequencies. This happens to the point where a gene is either no longer represented in the gene pool or is the entire representation of the gene pool (more likely with a smaller population). The second of the four forces of evolution is natural selection. Natural selection is a term…

a genomic research firm whose mission, among other things, is to learn what various sequences of DNA in the human genome actually do. In 1994, Myriad’s scientists made an extraordinarily useful discovery that is two genes now known as BRCA1 and BRCA2. But the influence of these genes can elevate the risk of a woman developing cancer at some point in her life. After that, the company start offering screening test to member of the public able to afford them, and field for patented related to the…