Molecular biology

Glassy, a professional scientist with a background in biochemistry and molecular immunology, author of The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema, has written on the subject of creatures in science fiction and their biology. For example, the 1988 film The Blob, presents some factual biological science about this alien from space, and some not-so-factual science. What Glassy has identified as correct with the blob’s cellular biology is that of its act of digesting its prey in its body. In the movie,…

Introduction Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as fruit fly or vinigar fly coming under the family Drosophilidae. The normal life span of the flies are generally 30 – 60 days and it may vary depend upon the external conditions. These flies are sexually dimorphic. The female flies are comparatively bigger than the male flies. The males flies and females fly can be easily distinguish with size difference and the colour pattern. The male flies have a dark band on the abdomen. The presence…

and Vankat, (1995) also talk about applications in nature conservations and the design of nature reserves times. It is also important to note that while island biogeography has been had a big influence on various concepts in ecology, evolutionary biology and biogeography, it has not been without criticism (Wu and Vankat…

Justin Dubler August 31, 2015 Mrs. Werle Period #1-2 AP Biology Summer Assignment Survival of the Sickest Big Idea 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unit of life. Passage 1: “Our genetic makeup has been adapting in response to where we live and what the weather’s like. The food we eat has evolved to cope with the organisms that eat it, and we’ve evolved to cope with that. We’ve looked at the way we’ve evolved to resist or manage the threat posed by specific infectious diseases…

Scientific experiments and observations have led to many discoveries, which in turn have allowed scientists to develop a better understanding on the way diseases originate in humans. Molecular biology in particular has allowed scientists to discover the way in which domains, found in proteins impact a genome. Domains are autonomous folding units that carry out specific functions and mechanisms in a certain protein. These functions consist of being responsible for interactions in the cell, which…

One of the greatest gifts from God to humankind is biology. From the Greek words which mean the study of life, biology is a branch of science that focuses on how living things works. For example, how does a tiny human being turns into a full-grown adult in just matter of time? Why are there twins that look exactly alike but there are some that are not exactly alike? Thanks to biology, scientists now are able to answers these questions. It is all in the genes or more accurately the…

Human genome modification should not be allowed because it can cause many adverse effects and has a multitude of risks. Gang Bao, one of the authors of the article, Experts debate: Are we playing with fire when we edit human genes?,concurs that editing the human genome can give unexpected results. These results include severe disabilities, complications in later generations and death. Although there are options such as genetic counseling and in vitro fertilization available to couples that risk…

Being a curious person with some little knowledge of biology I have always been interested in the human body and always wanted to know how the complex mechanism of the human body works to enable an individual function properly from simple cells combining together to form tissues, organs and then an entire human body. Further my curiosity lead me to interlude upon the term Biomedical Sciences, and on searching more I was able to understand its benefits as a career as it is certainly a constantly…

Introduction Genetics is the process of inheritance of traits from parents to offspring, including the molecular structure and function of genes. Epigenetics is a new discipline in which the word “epi” means above that is epigenetics means above genetics or the control above genes. Aaron et al., defined “Epigenetics as a bridge between genotype and phenotype- a phenomenon that changes the final outcome of a locus or chromosome without changing the underlying DNA sequence” [1]. Epigenetic gene…

of gene families. And fortunately, their genes are easier to identify and sequence than our. Additionally, biological processes of human and fruit fly are also similar (Hughes, 2012). Thanks to that, we are able to study human behavior and basic biology using these…