Population genetics

nurture debate. The nature vs. nurture debate is essentially the question of whether certain human characteristics, such as intelligence in this case, are part of human nature/genetic or if they are consequences of the type of environment the individual is in. Galton believed that intelligence was inherited and it wasn’t because of his “luck” of being born into the right family that he held the social position he did. Hereditary…

2018) Genetic testing is a fundamental phenomenon in 21st century society. Testing processes reveal the likelihood of an individual inheriting, passing on, or living with a suspected genetic condition. These medical tests identify any changes in proteins, chromosomes or genes (NIH, 2018). Accessible to the majority of the population today, there are several methods of genetic testing including; biochemical tests, relating to proteins; chromosomal tests, analysing chromosomes for large genetic…

Especially with genetics relating to looks, there is bound to be some degree of conflict. In concern to diseases and illnesses, genetic manipulation and selection could be beneficial. However, natural processes need to be considered. The earth is already becoming overpopulated with people. If genes are selected that decrease the number of people born with diseases, then the number of people would just continue to grow. Genetic manipulation most likely wouldn’t be available…

Genetic testing has been a topic that has been around for quite some time. Whether it is finding out your family history or finding out your own biological make up, almost everyone has an interest in it. Recently I have seen quite a few people use the 23 and me system. After reading about it, it was disappointing to see that over time they have changed the way they did the results. I think now that we are surrounded by information about different illnesses and we hear about so much of them now,…

analysis of metabolic, genetic, and neurological factors. The Biophysical Model emphasizes that behavioral disorders are mainly caused by the essential physical disorder or disturbance and other external factors are ignored. This suggests that the emotional and behavioral problems are contained by the person and not attributed to other environmental predispositions. The biophysical theory aims to explain the behavior of human beings by analyzing the neurological, genetic and metabolic factors.…

decades, scientists have wondered if it is possible to bring back species that have gone extinct through genetics. Using DNA and protein coding, scientists have progressed to an era where what people thought was lost forever may just be capable of returning to a modern world. The ancestral genetic resurrection is composed of controversy in ethics, technological dependence, and composition of genetic data. While technology proves that creating past organisms is highly possible, behavioral and…

sweep are incorrect; they challenge the assumption that Krause made that the Neanderthals and humans did not interbreed at any point. Instead, they propose that the presence of the gene in both populations is a result of gene flow, a phenomenon where alleles or genes get transferred from population to population. They find that the previous authors may have also created assumptions about information that led them to ruling out contamination, which they feel may be premature and weakens the…

society to determine if a person is criminal or not if physique or any other anatomical trait correlates with it. Although science plays a crucial role in the criminal justice system to bring justice, however, utilizing biological factors such as genetics, hormones, or intellectual ability to determine one's future is dreadfully superstitious. In earlier history even Lombroso mentioned that crime is caused and not done by free will, this means any biological factors does not influence the crime…

To understand the origin of whales, it's necessary to have a basic understanding of how natural selection works. Natural selection can change a species in small ways, causing a population to change color or size over the course of several generations. This is called "microevolution." But natural selection is also capable of much more. Given enough time and enough accumulated changes, natural selection can create entirely new species, known as "macroevolution." It can turn dinosaurs into birds,…

to be perfect. The ideas you have presented, however, are the best and most scientifically grounded ideas we have about the way species evolve and change. Especially considering you developed these ideas without the understanding and knowledge of genetics and molecular biology. But still, you have managed to develop a set of laws explaining the evolution of species, which later became the backbone of biology. Impressive. You have made one of the most important contributions to the science of…