2014/15 Module name and number Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering: BS941 Assignment title “DNA sequencing: where we are and where it’s going” Student Number 1464986 Word Count 2310 The article focuses on the advances achieved in DNA sequencing by first providing a brief background on DNA‚ and how it was initially sequenced. The paper then takes into consideration four of the major DNA sequencing techniques. These include: Sanger’s Chain Termination Method‚ Pyrosequencing‚ Single Molecule
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DNA and Evidence DNA is one of the most important roles to evidence and in a criminal case. It helps to prove a convict guilty or help those wrongly accused or convicted. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. Just about every cell contains DNA. The DNA that’s in people blood is also the same DNA in people’s hair‚ bone‚ saliva‚ skin‚ tissue and everything else. What’s great about someone’s DNA it does not ever change throughout their life. DNA was first used as a way of finding out paternity so
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Draft 5\9\10 Understanding DNA Have you ever wondered how you got red hair or blue eyes? Well all that has to do with your genes. To have different genes you have to have a deoxyriboncleic acid or DNA for short. Without Dna everyone would and everything would look the same and that would make life really confusing. Your DNA has a very important role in life. Its most important role is to give everyone character. Every Dna chromosome is made the same according to species
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DNA Cloning ~ The Future of Science DNA Cloning DNA cloning is the process where an exact replica of an organism is produced. Some scientists have already produced clones of animals; Dolly the sheep is one of the many examples of DNA cloning. Cloning is a natural process‚ many living things only need one parent to reproduce‚ this process is called asexual reproduction; for example single-celled bacterium use this process. The new bacteria inherits its genes from only one parent‚ this means
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The amazing advances in health science‚ DNA is transforming the way in which criminal investigations and trials are carried out. DNA evidence and its importance can rest on a single fact: Every individual’s DNA is unique. A person’s DNA profile can be used similar to a fingerprint to link suspects to crime scenes and its victims. DNA profiling—which is also called DNA fingerprinting or even DNA typing—has been responsible for overturning verdicts and saving innocent people from execution. The process
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An example of modern forensics evidence is the use of DNA fingerprints. Sources of DNA include blood‚ hair‚ semen‚ saliva‚ bone and tissue. Each person has a unique DNA fingerprint. A DNA fingerprint is the same for every cell‚ tissue‚ and organ of a person. It cannot be altered by any known treatment. Consequently‚ DNA fingerprinting is rapidly becoming the primary method for identifying and distinguishing among individual human beings . An additional application of DNA fingerprint technology is the diagnosis of inherited disorders in adults
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Discovery of dns Discovery of DNA By: Leslie A. Pray‚ Ph.D. © 2008 Nature Education Citation: Pray‚ L. (2008) Discovery of DNA structure and function: Watson and Crick. Nature Education 1(1) In the attached article‚ Leslie Pray discusses how the discovery of DNA came about and what it took to develop and finally formulate the different forms of what we now call DNA. DNA wasn’t just discovered by 1 or 2 scientists but rather a group of scientist over many different years. She starts off by
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BCMB 230 Final exam Fall 2011 1. Nephrons that control plasma volume are: a. cortical b. juxtamedullary c. juxtaglomerular d. both a and c 1. Hemoglobin that has carbon dioxide bound to it is called: a. Oxyhemoglobin b. deoxyhemoglobin c. carbaminohemoglobin d. hematopoietic 1. Urine moves from the kidney to the bladder by: a. collecting duct b. distal convoluted tubule c. descending loop of Henle d. capsular space 1. Nephrons with a short loop
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DNA helicase -separates strands of nuclei acid‚ breaks H bond between nitrogenous bases.‚ works at the replication fork -DNA PRIMASE- lays RNA primer ‚ acts as new strand‚ can only add nucleotides to a free3’ end ‚ lays nucleotide with a 5’ orientation -DNA POLYMERASE 3- adds nucleotides using base pair rules lcreating 2 new daughter strands‚ only adds to a free 3’end and lays down nucleotide with 5’ orientation. Pol3 continuously synthesizes new daughter cell(leading strand) same direction as
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A Scientific Explanation: Why Do Bats Fly At Night? We have always known bats for being nocturnal‚ but do we exactly know why? Without the aid of science‚ our ancestors solved this mystery through means that were available during their time. As they were both artistic and expressive‚ they spent most of their time coming up with stories‚ which are now what we know as legends. One of which was the story “Why Bats Fly at Night” which was adapted from Rosario Singh’s story “Bakit sa Gabi Lumilipad
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