Essays on Gene

Meiosis in angiosperms (flowering plants) occurs within the floral organs of the plant and is defined by two major features: recombination of the pre-meiotic chromosomes and the reduction of ploidy in half. The ploidy is reduced in half because a single round of DNA replication…

Erythrosine (disodium salt of tetra iodofluorescein) an artificial red dye (cherry-pink) vastly used in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic colouring made from coal tar (Combes and Haveland-Smith, 1982). According to the World Health Organization iodine may be affect thyroid which leads to thyroid tumors. Erythrosine gives…

Until this day down syndrome is still one of the most common disorders. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) states, that “Each year, about 6,000 babies are born with Down syndrome, which is about 1 in every 700 babies born.” There are three types…

Abstract Wilson Diseases is a genetic disease prevents the body from removing extra copper. It is an autosomal recessive disease. Wilson Diseases is a rare autosomal recessive inherited disorder. The objective of this research is to predict or detect/find Wilson syndrome genetic disease from the…

Nature scientists have, for a long time, been interested in the butterflies’ colorful wings. The coloration patterns on the wings of a butterfly have many roles, which include the attraction of the male, concealment, mate identification, and aposematic (warning) signaling. Given that the coloration on…

The History of Eugenics The start of eugenics was back in 1883, a term used by Sir Francis Galton meaning “well born.” The eugenics movement began back in the U.S. in the late 19th century where they were focused to make a stop on the…

Introduction Eugenics is a term commonly associated with the dreadful moment in history regarding World War 2. It is defined as “the practice or advocacy of controlled selective breeding of human populations to improve the population’s genetic composition” (Merriam Webster). Many people of the United…

The Definition and Appearance of the Term Eugenics originates from the Greek roots for good and ‘birthplace,’ or ‘great birth’ and includes applying standards of hereditary qualities and heredity for enhancing humankind. Francis Galton first invented the term eugenics in the late 1800’s (Norrgard 2008)….

Introduction Eugenics has been around for quiet a while. It goes as far back as ancient Greece. The more modern type of Eugenics started in the United Kingdom in the 20th century. After that it started to become more popular and spread to many other…

The following project outlines the laboratory portion of associate degree undergrad genetic science course. The course stressed the understanding of molecular strategies and techniques through isolating, cloning, and expressing a sequence referred to as GAPC (a gene). GAPC has denoted the sequence that codes for…

Introduction Genes are responsible for encoding the characteristics, such as phenotypes, of an organism. Genetic screening allows the function of a gene to be determined. In this experiment, a forward genetic screening approach was done to screen for mutated genes in four mutant strains of…

During the last decades a lot of breakthrough occurred, leading to predictive gene testing. Some of our hereditary genes can actually be mutated or could be more susceptible to certains diseases. That is why some companies like 23andMe are commercialising kits that could potentially tell…

“Imagine all your worst thoughts as a soundtrack running through your mind 24/7, day after day”, this is a quote by Adam Walker Cleveland, the team leader of children’s health care. This disorder was been found in twentieth century by Pierre Janet and Sigmund Freud,…

If I were to be researching the ways that workers or actors in funeral homes and mortuaries interact with their fellow workers, as well as the costumers, I would begin by choosing what method of research would be most efficient for my analysis and I…

For example, if the adult participant’s mother and both sisters have diabetes, hypertension, or cancer, what might that mean for the adult participant’s future health? An adult participant’s health could be highly affected by the family’s genetic history. As per the information collected about the…