Genetic predisposition

The brave new world book was written by Aldous Huxley where he created and illustrated a fictional world that everyone is cloned, classified since birth into Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon. In Huxely's argument, In that society, humans are genetically reproduced and are conditioned to serve a ruling order. In this society disease, poverty, and suffering has disappeared from Earth. The different types of people of the book have similarities and differences compared to our present society.…

captivates me. In college I explored the connectedness between subjects in my studies of psychology, biology, and chemistry. I found it fascinating that all of these topics were interconnected and that one could directly affect another. For example, a genetic mutation in the genome can lead to an underdeveloped organ, which may result in lower hormone production and lead to a psychological disorder. Likewise, environmental factors can influence gene expression, leading to the up- or…

Lethal alleles Lethal alleles cause death of the organism that transports them, normally they are the result of genetic mutations in the genes which are vital to growth and development. Lethal alleles can be recessive, dominant or conditional depending on the genes involved. Examples of the mutations caused by the lethal alleles are cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anaemia. Incomplete dominance Incomplete dominance is a part of inheritance, when one allele for a precise trait isn’t completely…

Research Paper: Osteogenesis Imperfecta What is Osteogenesis Imperfecta? Osteogenesis Imperfecta is a genetic brittle bone disorder. The disorder is characterized by bones that easily break, due to little or no apparent cause. A classification system of several different types of Osteogenesis Imperfecta is used to diagnose just how severely a person with Osteogenesis Imperfecta is affected. The severity of Osteogenesis Imperfecta varies from case to case, even among cases of the same type of OI…

Albert Zarate Mr. Dwyer English 11 04 January 2017 Genetic Future Geneticists have been growing and reaching important new discoveries in our life, many people value the potential of genetics, and they know that this could help fix any health, genetic and physical problems that appear everyday. The genetic material is delicate, so that if the transfer is not completed it could cause greater and unforeseen consequences, that is the why many people think that the risk of birth defects increase…

DNA had been known to the the scientific community since 1869 but was not considered to carry any sort of genetic material. In 1952 there was a buzz in the scientific community about what proteins actually were for. This would lead to the Hershey - Chase Experiment. It would not go on to prove that DNA was what carried our genes, however it would be influential in changing many minds of the scientific community. Others would demonstrate their findings in different experiment years after through…

. The four forces of evolution are mutations, natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow. Mutations are changes in genes that make us who we are today. Mutations, although they are changes in our genetic code, are most of the time harmless and essential to evolution. Mutations can be either advantageous, deleterious, or neutral depending on what the environment of the living organism is (class lecture, Wednesday). The next force of evolution is natural selection which is the idea that…

Summary: ״The CRISPR Conundrum״ “The CRISPR Conundrum” (2016) by Mary Bates, describes “CRISPR”- clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, which is a new revolutionary technology in genetic engineering. It is a kind of molecular scissors that can be programmed to snip specific bits of DNA. The article talks about the advantages of CRISPR, yet it describes CRISPR’s disadvantages as well. On the one hand, CRISPR is a cheap and precise technique to edit the DNA of animals,…

called a genetic risk factor. The protein Apolipoprotein E-4 is considered to be a genetic risk factor. Everyone inherits a copy of some form of APOE from each parent. Those who inherit APOE-e4 from one parent have an increased risk of Alzheimer’s. Those who inherit APOE-e4 from both parents have an even higher risk, but it’s not a certainty that they will develop the disease. It is important to point out that’s the reason why APOE- 4 is considered a genetic risk-factor. APOE-4 is a genetic…

Natural selection seems to occur in all species, and heritable traits including genetic traits and cultural traits are key in this long-term evolution. Generic traits are physically transmitted to offspring. For example, fish’s eyes are different from humans’ in order to fit underwater environment. Cultural traits could be knowledge…