Essays on Genetics

Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas 9 technology has progressed rapidly in recent times. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) were first discovered in DNA from Escherichia coli in the late 1980’s. They remained an interest for nearly 20 years and were mainly studied for their…

We all know what grocery shopping is like. We make our list and we head to the store. By the time we reach the aisles, we are faced with numerous products – all labeled with different things. The labels that tend to stick out in…

There has been always a fascination for drawing some sort of connection between the family members. If it is a joint family then the fun in making them doubles. The multiple numbers of connections, their relationships, names and everything makes it an exciting activity for…

Introduction: Genetics as a phenomenon was discovered in the late 19th century. This can be considered as quite a late discovery in comparison to other medical advancements such as general anaesthesia which can be seen throughout recorded history around the world. Genes are the main…

Food contamination is the presence of any unwanted substance. Contaminants can range in severity: 2222222222 from simply causing food to be un appealing or un-wholesome such as finding a hair or insect fragment in one’s soup to dangerous causing acute or chronic and or debilitating…

SSRs are consisting of 1 to 6 bp tandem repeats (mono-, di-, tri-, tetra and penta-, hexanucleotides). They are found throughout all genomes including prokaryotes and eukaryotes (Li et al., 2004; Thiel et al., 2003). They are also known as simple sequence length polymorphisms (SSLPs;…

ABSTRACT Genome wide analysis of haploid yeast knockout mutants with phenomics applications which plays important role in sensing the stress caused by environmental perturbations and allowed the identifications of those phenotypes which adapt to environmental challenge. INTRODUCTION Phenomics evaluation of individuals carrying novel mutation represents…

The quest for introducing the specific changes in the DNA sequence began when DNA was discovered. DNA is the building block of all life in every organism. DNA is made up of two polynucleotide strands where the two strands spiral together to form a double…

Core Concept 1 talks about how children’s behavior is shaped from interaction with their genes and environment. Children are affected both by nature (environment) and nurture (home, community, beliefs, and values.) Since children are shaped by both biology and experience, they view life different. Because…

Abstract: Gene therapy is the introduction of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in which lead to disease development. There are two overarching forms of gene therapy; Germ Line which results in permanent change and elimination of disease inheritance and…