Genomics

The random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) method was used to examine the genetic variability of Aiolopus thalassinus (Fabr.) populations at heavy metal polluted and unpolluted locations of different geographical distances. Four primers yielded a total of 69 scorable bands, which are all polymorphic. Cluster and Principal component analysis separated the inside and outside Cairo populations into two main branches that were further separated into smaller ones,…

Molly Press Level 3 Biology Achievement Standard 3.2 – Integrating biological knowledge to develop an informed response to a socio-scientific issue. The use of IVF and Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) PGD is a process that individuals go through when carrying out IVF. It’s is when they screen an embryo for a particular genetic defect that their baby could be born with. The goal for PGD is to produce a baby that is ‘healthy’; this raises questions on what is a healthy baby. The first…

Retinitis Pigmentosa is an inherited retinal disease with progressive degeneration of the photoreceptors, leading sometimes to blindness, it is well characterized by its heterogeneous genetics. The first signs can be observed in adolescence or early adulthood including night blindness and progressive loss of peripheral vision in daylight, eventually concluding in severe visual impairment, may be inherited as X-linked, autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive. Many genes had been involved with…

In this final paper, we were asked to look at and answer three questions, to the best of our knowledge, as it pertains to current and future aspects of how the ever growing world of informatics and the dynamic field of complex information gathering will affect nursing as we move forward. • What influence does informatics have in nursing? Informatics is something that will influence nurses across the broad as it is more and more interrogated into medical facilities. This dynamic way of…

As far as I can remember, I have always been strongly drawn to horses, just like a moth to a flame. It seems that this deep passion can be found directly in my blood. Maybe I have inherited some kind of a genomic proclivity toward the equine species. As a future veterinarian, it’s indisputable that my love and respect of horses and all living creatures, explain my revulsion and hatred toward animal cruelty, whether it be neglect or intentional. It is a dishonour that millions of animals, placed…

first free-living organism to have its genome sequenced. In 1998 Venter left the original project started by the NIH and claimed that he could sequence the human genome quicker and cheaper. This led to a competition between Venter’s company, Celera Genomics, and the International Consortium, which was the collection of various countries and companies that first joined the project. However, both groups presented their results to President Clinton in June of 2000, ending the genome race in a…

cumulative oxidative damage form the reasonable pathways resulting in frailty (Aunan, Watson, Hagland, & Soreide, 2016; Clegg et al., 2013; Zaslavsky et al., 2013). In addition, current research has proposed that the hallmarks of cellular damage are genomic…

non-coding regions are as important for development and survival as the coding regions are. The RNA molecules from the Rinn experiment made me change my mind about why this “junk DNA” is important. I really liked the explanation that Rin gave about “genomic origami.” He mentioned how in every cell you have the same genome (piece of paper) but depending on how you fold it you can make a hat or a plane out of the same piece of…

There have not been many things which have taken up most of my mind in the past few years other than Genetics. Ever since I attended Dr. Lander’s lecture MIT 7.00x Introduction to Biology, I have been hooked onto the subject. He talked primarily about genetics as he is a geneticist, but attributed to other aspects of biology as well. He taught a college level course, and when I took it, I was still in high school, but regardless, I understood most of the genetic aspect of it. It feels that it is…

one another and create a domino effect they were used in this experiment. Rozwadowska et al (2013) wanted to investigate the nuclear architecture of human primary myoblasts and myocytes in an in vitro culture, with reference to global changes in genomic expression. They were primarily looking to determine if the different muscle tissue cells would alter the architecture of the nucleus. Following that is to see if observed changes would change the movement of centromeres on the chromosomes. I.B…