The Selfish Gene

by someone?Would you like it if doctors messed with your traits? I would not like that at all. Why not accept them for who they are. I am against designer babies. It's wrong to design your baby.Why have a baby if you're just gonna tweak with their genes. Babies are not experiments. They are not created in a lab. You should not experiment with a life to make the better. You shouldn't mess with a life to meet YOUR expectations. Yes, its nice to see but maybe in the future, it may really get to…

Human beings are influenced by both their genetics and the environment they are raised in. There is a great deal of evidence for both nature and nurture, so why can’t we realize that both can have an impact? Throughout history, the homo species has had to fight for survival. We as humans, for the most part, do not need to fight for food and shelter, yet some of our animal instincts remain. It is not so crazy to say that humans are effected by nature and the environment they grew up in. As we…

Question 1. What were the main findings of the ENCODE project? Only a small percent of the 3.2 Gb human genome encodes for genes but much of the remainder was chalked up a junk. However, the ENCODE project suggests that up to 80% of the genome consist of various active regulatory, and structurally significant regions. Question 2. Define “junk DNA.” Junk DNA plays no active role in influencing an individual organism’s survival or reproduction, i.e. it does not code for or regulate…

research has much potential, the adverse effects outweigh the positive gains. It may be beneficial because it can enhance and cure, but it is also unethical and ultimately causing problems within society. Mothers and fathers would be deciding a child’s genes, including interests, appearance, and talents. Which school a child goes to and which hobbies they take part in can be choices that a parent makes, which in turn hopefully makes the child’s life better. The parents making decisions for…

aging-fitness loss. Gametes are an incredibly important area to study and understand because it helps us identify gender in species as well as understand the mating interactions of males and females. As Dawkins explains in chapter nine of his book The Selfish Gene, size of gametes has a huge effect on how much investment a parent will put into their offspring. Also, the size can affect their reproductive habits (Dawkins, 1976). For the first part of this lab, I the model using the steps in…

world, scientists are coming up with ways to edit the genes of embryos while they are still in their mother’s womb. Although there can be positive outcomes to this procedure, editing genes can have more negatives. Parents consider this process to enhance the chance of their child not developing a long term illness. Does the child’s mother and father take in the consideration of this dangerous experiment? There are parents that are insecure and selfish, who want to choose exactly who their child…

Enhancing Society at a Cost In recent years, scientists developed genetic engineering in animals. Gene modification enhances animals by increasing fertility, and allows the possibility of cloning. However, cloning and designing animals leads to the application of genetic modification in humans. In Dinesh D’Souza’s essay, “Staying Human,” he reveals the positive and negative effects of genetic engineering, but he affirms the unethical application of genetic engineering. Because of this…

Trying to curb intelligence of past and future generations by scientific modifications has been prevalent since the eugenics movement of the early 20th century. This movement seeked to create a “master race” by improving genetic traits of humans through sterilization and selective breeding. There were laws set in place which forced people that were deemed “feeble minded” to be sterilized. These laws are long gone now as a result of a ban on sterilization laws from the United Nations in 1948…

Gene therapy is a very risky process. The risks can sometimes out way the pros. Some people are really sick and need to have these things done to increase their quality of life. Why wouldn’t you want to increase your quality of life? At the same time, some people are using gene therapy to make physical changes to themselves. For example, making themselves stronger or smarter. Do you really think you’re going to spontaneously know more by getting a gene that makes you smarter. According to…

Chapter 5 Dispute: Humans and Sharks both have four gill arches as embryos, but the germ layers and arches develop into unrelated structure in each organism My Dispute Statement: Both sharks and humans develop gill arches when enveloped in the embryo, with the arches creating very similar structures and functions in both. In humans during conception, 4 swellings appear on the throat area. These swellings called arches develop to create many of the structures and functions inside the head.…