Who are my ancestors? That is a question that often spontaneously bursts into people’s mind. Sure, the majority of us know who our parents are. Some of us may even be fortunate enough to know/remember our grandparents. But great-grandparents? Great-great-grandparents?…
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Platelets are our bodies way to create a “natural band aid” to clot and seal our wounds when bleeding. They are produced in the bone marrow, along with the red and white blood cells. The actual platelet structure is not…
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Have you ever sat in the mall one day, and noticed that nobody has the same features? You can sit and watch hundreds of people and never see two identical people-except twins! You can see people with the same nose,…
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A person who is color blind is unable to distinguish between particular colors. Color blindness is a sex-linked recessive genetic disorder, so men are more often affected than women and it is present from birth. However, the characteristics of color…
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Evolution is, essentially, the passing on of desirable genes from one generation to the next through natural selection. External conditions such as climate, environment and the availability of food sources determine which traits are the most desirable to possess in…
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There are many legal implications of cloning people or animals. These implications need to be discussed and agreed upon before we proceed with cloning and genetic engineering of people or animals. The main issue of cloning is the rights of…
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Have you heard of an animal known as a geep? This animal did not occur naturally, and the correct name for it is a goat-sheep chimera. This is an animal that is part goat and part sheep, but not a…
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There is no one single gene that causes obesity. Weight gain is the byproduct of multiple systems acting to increase hunger, reduce metabolism, and absorb and store fatty acids. If there is a “fat gene”, it is most likely a…
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Here goes, I am currently getting a 98.8% in my college bio class, so I hope I do my teachers justice! All living things are made of cells, including humans. The cell can take many shapes, and the shapes determine…
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New studies at the Boston Children’s Hospital, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and European centres may have found genetic and epigenetic differences between induced pluripotent stem cells and embryonic stem cells, researchers have announced. Stem cells are a type of…
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