Genotype

mathematical format to interpret the information. This possibility is referred to as Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium or Hardy-Weinberg principle. Although the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is rarely met in a given population, it can occur if only the allele and genotype remain the same from one generation to the next in the absence of different evolutionary influences. Alleles are a pair of genes that appear on a particular chromosome and control certain characteristics, such as color and…

Huntington’s disease is a genetic disease that effects the brain. It has been known to cause involuntary movements. Huntington’s is a fairly uncommon disease; even though it is a dominant trait. Huntington’s disease affects three out of every seven people worldwide. The disease is one of the many genetic diseases that does not have a cure. People who live with Huntington’s disease lose some of the abilities that other people have, such as driving, swallowing, and writing. Huntington’s disease…

Learning information in class engaged and interested me throughout my academic career; however, the opportunity to discover new information through research is one of my most intellectually stimulating experiences. With my goal to learn as much as possible under Dr. Nolan Kane, the Professional Investigator of the Cannabis Genomic Research Initiative (CGRI), I have expanded my traditional bench lab experience to bioinformatics, hemp breeding, and leading designing and performing my own project…

Gene therapy is a technique that treats and prevents diseases. This type of therapy can be treatment for illnesses such as: heart attacks, sickle-cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, and Alzheimer’s disease. Genetic engineering can also determine the genotypes of humans. This helps with the early detection of diseases to possibly prevent them from progressing. The process of genetic engineering is not supported because of how expensive it is, the professional equipment needed, and the possibility of…

PTEN regulation of PI3K/AKT Pathway In the first lecture of class we discussed a diagram from Saltiel and Kahn 2001. The diagram presented the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and Serine/Threonine Kinase (AKT)/ Protein Kinase B (PKB) pathway inhibition of the insulin receptor and insulin receptor substrate (IRS) through activation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and a recent study reports similar findings (Mathew et al. 2016; Saltiel and Kahn 2001). Activation of PI3K/AKT signaling…

Adaptation at elevated altitudes in human beings is a process of evolutionary adaptation in populations of Tibet, the Andes and Ethiopia. These people have attained the power of survival at extreme climate conditions (Beall et al., 2002). As life at high altitude is tough, this causes adaptational mechanisms among these inhabitants (Van Patot & Gassmann, 2011). While these severe conditions would have an abysmal negative effect on the health of human beings throughout the planet, the…

Introduction Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia is a type of cancer that occurs when bone marrow produces too many leucocytes (white blood cells) . This over production of leucocytes occurs when they grow uncontrollably by overcoming the cell regulation cycle. Cells not undergoing the regulation cycle continue to divide without dying ,causing an overcrowding of cells, hence, forming a tumour in bone marrow. The tumour can become an even more serious issue when the cancer cells from a tumour spreads to…

I have selected to focus on the identification of positive and negative instances as the concept that I struggle to understand the most. The specific question that I missed regarding this concept was question 27 which described a situation that took place in a college humanities class. In this question, students were learning the three different types of columns that can be found in Greek architecture. A student working with a tutor, misidentified a picture of a column and the tutor corrected…

genes, where he considers the obesity epidemic resulting from genetic drift. In his hypothesis, he claims that we are optimized to regulate our food intake and stay lean but due to the reduction of this in recent years, we have “drifted” from that genotype (Speakman,…

Muscular degenerative disease is a malfunction in the body that often weakens the skeletal muscles and prevents function in the body. The disease was discovered in 1861 by a French neurologist named Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne, but the discovery of the cause was founded in 1886 ("Diseases - DMD”). One particular muscular dystrophy that affects children is called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) in which a small percentage of boys are born with. DMD is a muscular disease that causes…