Genetics

Admit it, we've all heard one of those terrible blonde jokes. But are they really that dumb? I am sure these didnt start from nothing. There is always truth in rumours.

I know this index has more to do with biotechnology from pharmarceutical point of view. But I feel, agricultural biotechnology is also relevant here. I am in love with agricultural biotechnology mainly because of the controversy that surrounds it. Every time I write an article to pillory anti-technology activists for misrepresenting and misreporting modern agricultural biotechnology – I author GMO Africa Blog - I am branded an apologist for multinational biotech companies. Criticism against me usually intensifies when I demand that African farmers be allowed to cultivate genetically modified crops. Some of my critics contend that Africa is awash with food and the onl…

Hello all I need your help please. I want information about chromosome 16 with a scientific decumented papers (journal). I have searched a lot but i found only little information about it. I prefer to know about the chromosome itself not the diseases associated with its genes. This is a part of my study PLease help me. I am in a big trouble

My science teacher has a poster of the completed dna code. I think that's what it's called, I can't remember. It was completed just a couple of years ago. It showed the human code and I was just interested in it. Does anyone know where i can find this online? I really want to see it. Thanks so much!

Hi All: I would somebody to tell me about gene prediction.......... What is it ? how to predict genes ? If there is any website discuss this issue...... could you tell me what are thise websites?

There is this professor in my province that seems to think that there is a clear genetic difference between races ( I am not talking about pre-dispostion to certian dieases), i.e. like white people have more evolved brains and such. That makes no sense to me at all, how much truth is there really, what actually are the differences. I am pegging him as a racist but to make sure, I thought I might ask.

How do those of us in agriculture convince the general public that what we are doing in biotech is for the betterment of society that biogenetic is an asset to peolple and the enviroment by not havig to use more pesticides . Idon't think people realize that some biotech and genetic research that we use on plants and animals may one day bennefit humankind also could some one please answer this quetsion becuase it sometimes very exhuasting trying to explain this to people who don't have the knowledge , but we try.

I've been trying to find information on the education required to become a genetic therapist, but since genetics is somewhat of a new frontier in medicine (I think), it's very hard to find direction. Basically what I'm asking is, what education is required to become elegible for this field of work?

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We are bombarded with info about how the American people are getting fatter. Obesity is said to be an epidemic. I know that this is because of lifestyle choices in many respects. What I wonder, however, is whether continued obesity passed on through the next few generations will have an overall effect on the human gene pool. What will this mean for distant generations?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/10/16/autism.genes.reut/index.html?section=cnn_topstories I consider myself autistic spectrum, and I have gastrointestinal problems (IBS/nausea) and don't exactly have the world's greatest immune system. I think it's very likely I have this gene.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1754008,00.html so far, if the research is solid, this is just in mice. I do not know of the results at Heber-Katz lab being replicated elsewhere. if the results are reliable, then about a dozen genes seem to be involved ===quote=== The Sunday Times August 28, 2005 'Miracle mouse' can grow back lost limbs Jonathan Leake, Science Editor SCIENTISTS have created a “miracle mouse” that can regenerate amputated limbs or badly damaged organs, making it able to recover from injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals. The experimental animal is unique among mammals in its ability to regrow i…

So, with backcrossing, how am i able to determine which gene the locus is on? Is the gene of interest going to be expressed with only genes that are not present on the chromosome the gene is on? for example, if i had chromosomes 1 and 2 and wanted to know which chromosome mutation black was on. breed the two parentals, then cross an F1 with the parental female. The resulting offspring produce phenotypes, of these, black mutation is present only with certain phenotypes and alone with itself. If this were in drosophila, how do i interpret these results?

Hello Did anyone one else see the Nova special about the family that walks on all fours limbs. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/allfours/ Interesting in that at first scientist were looking for genes that might be throwbacks to ancient ancestors. Only to discover genes that maybe part of the mechanics for humans to walk upright were found in some non-bipedal animals. And towards the end they were considering that certain ancestor/evolutionary genes may still exist in our genetic code. But there was still an enviormental componant to gene activation, how the children were raised did not at the time needed provide the stimulation for continued bipedal de…

Im left handed. My g/f is also left handed. If we were to procreate, what are the chances of any children being left handed? We can assume that her and i have this 'c' gene they speak of. Even if the child was homozygous for the 'c' gene, im assuming it would still be 50%?

http://www.ftdna.com/pdf/43026_Doron.pdf this study was published recently (2006) in the JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS it is a small study with only on the order of 1000 people as sample and it needs to be confirmed with much larger samples. also it should be scrutinized and criticized however it has an astonishing conclusion which we should consider as a serious possibility they looked a MITOCHONDRIAL dna of Ashkenazim and non-Ashkenazim. MITO dna is only passed down matrilineally----from the mother you have the MITO dna of your mother's mother's mother's mother----unmixed with dna of any of your other many ancestors this study is barely credib…

Human Genetic modification can be used for a variety of beneficial ends such as removing Genetic diseases among other harmful genes such as an alleged "suicide" gene.

I remember hearing somewhere that our DNA is nearly the same as the Homo sapiens that lived say 70,000 years ago... which means if I take a baby born 70,000 years ago and put him in our society he would grow up normal (discounting for genetic diseases) and the same would work visa versa.. Is this true?

If we look at the sperm fertilizing an ovuum, the sperm begins with half the DNA and the Ovuum the other half. The question I have, what would happen it we manipulated the sperm cells so they divide the male DNA disproportionately, with the super sperm now having 55-60% of the male DNA material going into the ovuum. In other words, the combined DNA in the ovuums starts out with 105-110% of the normal amount of DNA.

We All Know That Most Mammals Produce Their Own Vitamin C. My Question Is, What Would Happen If There Was A Proto-virus Created That Reenabled The Almost Fully Intact Pseudo-gene Present In The Human/primate Genome For Vitamin C Synthesis? Sorry About The Format Of My Post.

hello seeing all the post lately on the topic of the 'homosexual gene', surprised me as i thought this subject talked out years ago. so what i'd like to do for a change of direction is suggest a different idea on the subject. which is this. that you are not born or gay or straight. but born with both possibilities present in your body. which body chemicals, possible hormonal in nature trigger at a certain developemental stage causing sexual preferrence. reasons 1) every human born recieves 2 primary base dna strands, and two secondary sets of dna the materlineal (mitrochondrial) and paternal dna. exceptions being x female or xxy males. 2) orientation differ…

I remember watching something on TV a while ago about a family, I forgot where they're from, but the whole family made a protein that prevented heart disease and what not. I remember they should the grandma who ate fried sausage every morning for breakfeast. Does neone else remember this and do you have a link? Thanks.

can't figure this out; what is the difference between genetic and sex linked diseases

Okay, so at some point people had to have mated with their brothers, sisters, fathers, and mothers. My understanding of why inbreeding is bad at a genetic view today is because it increases the risks of expressing a genetic disease. Someone correct me if I am wrong here. If all genetic diseases were eliminated from the germline then genetically it wouldn't be bad because you wouldn't have to worry about expressing genetic diseases. Keep in mind I've been referring to inbreeding as genetically and not morally. I don't support inbreeding or all the redneck hicks that do and it is illegal for a reason. Comments?

From what I read and hear most people assume the genetics is the primary cause within the living state all the way up to behavior. If one looks at genetic differentiation within multicellular life, it is easy to show that this is not always the case. For example, if one starts with any differentiated cell in the body, it is only using a fixed amount of all the genes on the DNA. Although all the cells of our bodies contain all the DNA, only a very specific distribution is being used to create the specfic proteins that define a cellular differentiation. In other words, the kidney cells don't make neurotransmittors because these genes are packed away in kidney cells. …