Entero Virus D68 Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is a RNA virus, from the family Picornaviridae, responsible for respiratory infections. Because it is an Entero Virus and has different strains, slight changes can happen which make it difficult for the immune system to develop protection against the new forms of the virus. The first case reported in the United States was in California in 1962 and since then, infections caused by the EV-D68 were not very common until last year, when an outbreak happened
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did not know a whole lot about genetics, genes, and the theory of evolution around the time that Theodosius was experiment. They knew the shape of DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, and had already created a 3D model of it. Rosalind Franklin, Linus Pauling, James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins all helped create the first three-dimensional model of DNA. (DNAI) Dobzhansky and Morgan worked on the genes. The rest of the world, though, did know quite a lot about the Theory of Evolution. Charles Darwin
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present in various types of environment and can only be seen using a microscope. They are classified in different ways depending on their cell wall, shape and genetic, they are called prokaryotic cells because they do not contain a nucleus and their DNA is spread throughout its cytoplasm. Bacteria can be found in the ocean, soil, inside the human gut, air, water and most of the materials we touch. There are some types of bacteria that are good for our body, such as the bacteria that turns milk into
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Are GMO’s harmful to Our Environment? GMO’s (Genetically modified organisms) are defined by Dictionary.com as, “an organism whose genome has been altered by the techniques of genetic engineering so that its DNA contains one or more genes not normally found there”. At first the idea of GMO’s seemed to many people like a brilliant idea, but as time went on and studies were performed, it was found that they conduct many dangers to our health and to our environment. Cons, affecting our future like issues
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membrane bounded organelles. It contains linear DNA molecule combined in a protein to form a chromosomes ,while that of prokaryotic is in a form of circular DNA. 2. Insulin is a hormone, which is synthesised by the pancreatic beta cell and released into the blood in response to high level of blood sugar (hyperglycaemia) in a controlled way of secretion to maintain normal blood sugar level (Normoglycaemia), and its synthesis begin in the nucleus involved DNA unravel, transcript and translated in the
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experiment was to identify which DNA mutation is responsible for the brown eye phenotype in sepia flies. To answer our research question, multiple mini-experiments were successfully conducted. In the beginning we extracted the DNA from both, wild and mutant flies. Then, we ran an electrophoresis image, Figure 1, to ensure that the DNA was extracted. From this gel image there was no discrete difference between the wild and mutant flies; furthermore, that is because the DNA region of interest was too large
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become so different and developed, that we can be eating something we didn’t even know we were consuming. Genetically modified food is gaining popularity and notice. GMOs are foods that have been genetically modified by changing and switching around the DNA. Are we using the benefit of GMOs wisely, or may we seem to go far? If we continue this process will it potentially harm us, or benefit us? First of all, in the article Genetically Modified Organisms it mentions, “...genetically modified crops and
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Huntington’s disease is an inherited disease that causes a breakdown of certain neurons in the brain. Huntington’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder which causes involuntary movements, emotional disturbance, and cognitive impairment. “Huntington’s disease (HD) is caused by an autosomal dominant pathogenic mutation, resulting in an expanded stretch of 36 or more glutamine residues in the N terminus of the huntingtin (HTT) protein (1)” (Weiss et al., 2012, p.1 ). People who have Huntington’s
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The movie GATTACA showcased the ability to determine the gender of a potential new offspring. Morally, this is done to decrease the probability of the offspring having a genetic disorder as females, who have two X chromosomes, are less likely to suffer from diseases from mutations on the sex chromosome. While not medically necessary, some societies will choose one gender over another due to societal preferences and this scientific advancement allows them to have a choice of gender. In vitro Fertilization
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A gene is an inheritable factor that controls a specific characteristic of an organism. An allele is an alternative form of a gene. When you are born, you get one allele from your mom and one from your dad. These two alleles together represent your genotype. An allele is represented by either a capital or lowercase letter depending on the inheritance pattern. There are three types of inheritance patterns: complete dominance, incomplete dominance, and codominance. Complete dominance is when one allele
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