Genetics

How close are we to making animals to order, something like a hexapod salamander? Impossible? Or just no incentive to do so?

I am a bit confused about what exactlty will be possible with this tech. Imagine the technology is perfected and we are indeed able to perfectly edit DNA of every cell in the body. IT surely opens posibility of genetically engineering embryos - but what about adult humans? Could we alter traits of adult organisms and if yes, to what degree?

Particularly those made in the following article: https://medium.com/@tomo.albanese/debunking-ben-shapiros-transgender-denialism-c39b090116e1 I am debating the author in the above article. I am xray there also. I'm specifically curious what biology experts think regarding the claims here: " The six biological karyotype sexes that do not result in death to the fetus are: X — Roughly 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 5,000 people (Turner’s ) XX — Most common form of female XXY — Roughly 1 in 500 to 1 in 1,000 people (Klinefelter) XY — Most common form of male XYY — Roughly 1 out of 1,000 people XXXY — Roughly 1 in 18,000 to 1 in…

It is becoming more common for people, even scientist to say there are no human races, that we are all of the same race. I think even scientists can be ideological. I say there most definitely are separate races. This is an extremely controversial topic. I say the differences in the races are superficial, visual differences such as skin color, hair, eyes etc. PLEASE NO REPLIES that say there are any more differences between the races besides these superficial differences. This thread will probably be closed by one person making one remark that offends a moderator. Please think before posting. In the past some people have said races have more than visual differen…

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What are hox genes and homebox-containing genes? Is it the same thing?

is it possible to isolate a specific gene from specific allele? We are trying gene suppression research and we know that one gene has a negatively affecting mutation. While we can suppress the mutant gene via allele specificity - we aren’t certain if a good gene in another allele functions as expected. Hence we are curious how to isolate the functional gene from another allele. Any help and details are appreciated thanks ely

How can I find out how I will look when I become adult? Ive seen technologies that showed me on a computer how will my face look like when I will be old. I am asking you because you are interested in science. I know there are apps but I don't think they are precise. I want something very precise. Thanks. /

When is it that an embryo is properly developed? And when it is properly developed is it then correct to call it a baby?

Hi I'm trying to find out what it's called when you can change your eye focus? I been doing it for years and found out recently it's bot that common. My partner and I was doing an optical illusion with lines and we had to see the picture in the lines. I just said blur your eyes and he couldn't donut. K can change focus from little to fully blurred. also I can see slightly more colour tones then the average. I was wondering if this was linked or anyone have any thoughts?

I completed a health and ancestry assessment from vitagene. I have a question about the traits and If they are what I am born with or changed through expression. SNP rs340874 gene name PROX1 which is the trait for carbohydrate metabolism. Mine came up as slow. Trait for fat metabolism and body weight came back fast. My question is, are my traits this way because I have adapted a ketogenic diet for the last 3 years? (High fat, low carb) have my Gene's changed or is this how I was born?

Hello to all forum community glad to be part of this forum I'd be happy to share the following helpful project with you. I'm a geneticist for my living. Throughout my work with patients and physicians, i have noticed a huge misunderstandings and misinformation between the two parties. The physicians most of times use very professional terminology nonprofessionals unfamiliar with. On the other hand, patients ought to precisely describe their symptoms and feelings in order to help guide the physician to more successful diagnosis medical management strategy. Efficient communication between the two sides can even prevent misdiagnoses. As a result of the patients' …

Hello, In this PinPoint Xa-1 Vector, there are 3 different promotors (T7-promotor, tac-promotor and SP6-promotor). I'm confused why the T7-promotor and the tac-promotor are placed immediately after each other. Also, why is the SP6-promotor placed in opposite direction at the end of the MCS? Thanks!

Hello, my grand mother is 50% mixed white American and 50% Japanese (her father was a white american (tall, blue eyes, anglo-saxon and all of his parents, grand-parents etc... were like that, and Her mother was Japanese). When she was born she had blond hair and I guess blue eyes, now it's dark brown and her eyes are green/light grey. She had my father with a Taïwanese, and my father is tall like his American grandfather. My mother is 50% Irish and 50% Vietnamese. Does the white American blood may influence my phenotype ?

Not my expertise at all, just curious... If in the future, DNA manipulation can create a human with an exact copy of Mr. Albert Einstein DNA sample; does it mean that will be a bright thinker or there is a lot more to achieve such skills ? In other view, can such created human become a lazy idiot by other factors beyond DNA ?

I don't know whether or not I'm in the right topic, but I'd like to know why we can't try to create a mutation in natural killer cells to target cancer cells within the human body. If it is possible is there any chance you could describe the process?

I know this may be controversial, let alone unethical, and I am in no way an expert in this topic yet I want to know if it is possible. I watched this dog cloning video (credible, i know right?) where they used DNA from a dog's skin cell (as they phrased it) and integrated it into an egg cell where DNA has been removed. I was just wondering if it would be possible, if not now, in the future, to create a child made from two same sex parents. As of now I've only contemplated two male parents as far as my knowledge can grasp, yet I feel like if it could happen the events would be something like this: The DNA in the egg cell is removed and replaced by genes f…

My Friend Had An Idea And As He Couldn't Post It So I'm Doing It For Him 1.Total possible gametes for a pair of Homologous Chromosomes = where x is the number of heterozygous loci 2. Total possible genotypes of gametes, where xy is the number of heterozygous loci on a chromosome, n is the total number of chromosomes and y is dependent on i please let me know if anyone thinks this is a new equation but it is still an idea as if now

First of all hello everyone. My name is Dave and I am heavily involved in several animal related hobbies such as aquaria, naturalistic vivaria, and small mammals like my pet Fennec Fox Anyways I am interested in learning more about the methods used to create transgenic animals. In the hobbies I am involved in we have already seen the introduction of GFP axolotls amphibians and the GLO-fish in the aquarium hobby. I'm interested in learning some of the specifics on how this is done. What transfection methods are easiest and/or best for frog's eggs. What reagents and/or micro injection buffers are needed, and what are some of the procedures. I'm not going to lie, If …

So I've had this linger in my mind for the past 5 years or so, wanted to see if anyone knows the answer Both of my parents have dark brown hair, dark brown eyes and I have blonde hair, blue eyes, which i guess isn't that uncommon to happen but when my sister was born 7 years after I was, she also had blonde hair, blue/green eyes Is it rare for both my sister and I to have blonde hair, blue/green eyes but our parents have dark brown hair/eyes? Or is this normal?

So basically, I was trying to put 2 different bacterial types into 1 petri dish..... This falls under the topic of genetics due to me wanting to do bacterial conjugation process. But I'm not sure if I let them grow together and form and transfer DNA together while growing or separately grow them out and then put 2 into a different petri dish again and let them form. Would they kill each other? Would they grow into 1 mega bacteria? Any suggestions?

Hi! Currently, commercial pharmacogenetic screening tests (at least in Australia) seem to primarily determine the presence of genes that are implicated in common drug metabolism (i.e. https://www.sonicgenetics.com.au/tests/pgx/), but not any of the tens of thousands of genes. My question is whether screening tests that may be able to discover the presence of other genes exist, and how available are they?

If someone where to use crispr to make a new plant species driving from a tough desert plant that doesn't need as much water as most plants and splices the genes with underwater algae found in the 'Abbisle zone' in the ocean could they also increase the metabolic rate to match the input and output in oxygen and co2 in a human could it work as a rebreather if used properly and contained the correct way this is an idea that I've run by a friend and we've been taking this more seriously than most ideas before it we think that if all goes well we could patent this. i do realize how much the metabolic rate would have to increase to match the breathing of the average human and …

As scientists or just people interested in science, what do you think about CRISPR- Cas9?

My info says yes, but I am finding different ideas. My info is that a toy poodle is genetically a wolf, as odd as it may seem.