The way some people picture and describe DNA reasearch reminds me of those cheesy old black and white monster movies (and some early film with color) where the “radiation” mutation scares were sometimes hilarious, without intending to be. People were…
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The Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (DNA) molecule is one of the most complex chemical constructs in the universe, and yet its structure is relatively simple to understand. The basic form of the DNA molecule is a double helix, often compared in…
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Genetic Engineering or recombinant DNA technology is a method of artificially manipulating the genes of an organism. A gene is basically a segment of the DNA which specifies the protein sequence. Protein sequences are what give the DNA its characteristics….
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The replication of the DNA molecule, is a process which lies at the very heart of life it self. The process is known as mitosis and involves the separation of the DNA in a cell to become two unique instances…
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Many people believe cloning another human being would have extremely dangerous outcomes. “Who would want another copy of themselves?” these people ask. These people may also see cloning as something more out of a science fiction movie that as an…
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DNA is an alphabet soup of four amino acids Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C), and Thymine (T), seemingly strung out in a sequence millions of nucleotides long (AGGCGGAAGGTTCTATCG…..). DNA is also referred to as the “blue print of life,”…
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How Dominant Inheritance Affects the Passing on of Certain Genes Genetics is the scientific study of heredity, the process in which a parent passes genes to their children. This includes hair, skin and eye colors. Other characteristics that are affected…
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Technology has greatly shaped the world in which we now live. The technological advancements seen over the past twenty years have been bountiful and seemingly endless in all aspects of life. Increasingly prominent are the advancements that have been made…
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I say it has- not for the empirical evidence and the great things that come from them, it’s the sociopolitical impact and how governments worldwide tend to use them. The fact that we have a 35-year debate over abortion, is…
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DNA analysis has opened new doors in solving crimes. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has been analyzed to prove innocence or guilt of suspects of crimes with great accuracy. The use of DNA analysis can be performed one of two ways to…
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