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    technology that could cure disabilities by effectively using various appealsin response to a rhetorical situation. Rhetorical Situation Exigence Black’s exigence is the new treatment that has recently been announced for X-linked hypophosphatemia, a genetic form of dwarfism that Black and two of her children live with. Black explains that the treatment could allow people with XLH to absorb more phosphorus, increasing growth and working as a cure for the illness. Black explains that a cure would…

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    release. 2. Bioproject A BioProject is a set of biological data related to a single initiative, originating from a single organization. It provides way to access data across multiple resources and multiple submission time points including taxonomy diversity, from humans and animals, to plants, to prokaryotes and…

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    Not only will these classes be separated by how much money they make but may even be separated by their genetic makeup. The cost of IVF and PGD in the united states could be costly, ranging from about $16,000 to $25,000. (Sherbahn, 2016) This is due to the variance in medication and the dosages needed for the procedure. We must be aware of the impact this will…

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    similar to the natural process that occurs in twins. This process also results in an identical person which is the main controversy surrounding this technique on many accounts. It may be argued that the human that is born is deprived of its unique genetic diversity that every human being to have ever lived is/was in possession of. Cloning also opens…

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    Epigenetic Changes

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    become cancerous when gene regulation is disrupted. Factors affecting gene regulation include mutations in DNA sequence, nucleosome positioning, chromatin organization and epigenetic changes in DNA methylation and histone modifications. Numerous genetic mutations of inherited cancers have been identified, as there is a large body of research dedicated to identifying DNA mutations that are linked to tumor initiation. After initiation, tumor progression often occurs due to multiple additional…

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    disciplines must conform.” Whilst there is and has always been an argument that culture is tasked with controlling the population of a society. That each unique culture throughout the world is predetermined to follow a set path, and system due to genetic evolution is both unconfirmable and highly implausible. This can be seen in the widely variant nature of differing culture systems that exist throughout the world, and their associated symbolisms and approaches to societal expectations. If this…

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    Abstract DNA recombination is basically generation of the new DNA sequence in genome by exchange of DNA strands. Recombination generally but not necessarily occurs between similar DNA sequences and provides genetic variation, genome integrity [1]. There are four main ways being identified to produce recombinant DNA; homologous recombination in which physical exchange of DNA sequences occur between the homologous chromosomes, illegitimate recombination occurs between DNA sequences sharing low…

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    DNA is tightly coiled inside of each chromosome, and the chromosomes contain genes which are comprised of proteins and nucleic acids, specifically Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C ), and sugar-phosphate. This DNA coding determines genetic differences between kittens, such as sex, eye color, fur color, markings, and more. As previously mentioned, half of a kitten’s chromosomes are inherited from their mother, and the other half are inherited from their father, meaning that the…

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    Is Human Cloning Possible

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    Because science and technology have progressed tremendously over the past few decades, many people have wondered whether cloning humans can be possible. Human cloning is creating an identical copy of a human. There is a possibility that humans can be cloned through therapeutic and reproductive cloning. Therapeutic cloning is used for research purposes whereas reproductive cloning is used for creating an organism. In recent discussions of cloning, a controversial issue has been made on whether…

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    alleles can be lost due to random events. Genetic drift reduces allele frequencies in smaller population, therefore, decrease genetic variation. It can eliminate alleles at a faster rate in smaller population until they become fixed in the population. On the other hand, alleles in a large population rarely become fixed by genetic drift. This indicates that genetic drift has a greater effect on a smaller population by getting rid of alleles at a faster rate. Genetic variation is negligible at a…

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