Identifying cis-regulatory motif in co-expressed Tribolium castaneum genes and inspection of immunity conferring genes in females post-mating Amrita Pal (Master’s Non-thesis candidate) Demuth Lab April 18‚ 2011 Acknowledgement: I am highly obliged to be able to perform tests and learn new techniques and concepts in the lab of Prof. Jeff Demuth‚ University of Texas at Arlington. He also allowed me work as a Research Assistant through a semester and was an excellent teacher. I
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The essay “Building Baby from the Genes Up” by Ronald M. Green explains how in the future‚ parents might be able to design the genes of their future baby. Green supports genetic engineering of embryos‚ “why not improve our genome?” (549). He thinks that with the process of in vitro and preimplantation‚ it could eliminate disease or confer desirable features onto our future. Some medical professionals is concerned about the effect of genetic selection in parenting‚ Green said “The critics concerns
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Cancer Gene Detection 11/06/12 Laboratory Report Objective(s) – The purpose of this experiment is to help students gain an understanding of p53 tumor suppressor genes and its role in familial cancers. Also‚ we evaluated p53 in cancer. Hypothesis – If the DNA has bits and particles‚ which are p53 hotspots being cut‚ than that means that cancer has been detected. Techniques & Skills – The skills that are required for this laboratory experiment is that we must exercise extreme caution when
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Chapter 18 Regulation of Gene Expression PowerPoint® Lecture Presentations for Biology Eighth Edition Neil Campbell and Jane Reece Lectures by Chris Romero‚ updated by Erin Barley with contributions from Joan Sharp Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚ publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Overview: Conducting the Genetic Orchestra • Prokaryotes and eukaryotes alter gene expression in response to their changing environment • In multicellular eukaryotes‚ gene expression regulates development
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Genetic Observations Through The Studies of Hybrid Corn‚ Single Gene Human Traits‚ and Fruit Flies The basic foundation of modern genetics was led by Gregor Mendel (Corcos‚ 1993). Mendel was not the first to experiment with heredity‚ and our Lyman Briggs biology class will not be the last to deal with genetics. Genetics is the science of heredity. In our lab‚ we had three main objectives. First‚ we evaluated our data on monohybrid and dihybrid corn cross seed counts against Mendel ’s theoretical
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Say “Yes” to Genetic Human Modification In the field of science‚ there have been numerous studies on the use of gene technology in humans. This has pitted two sides against one another with those opposed to and those supporting the same. Among the authors on this issue include Robert M. Green with his essay on “Building babies from the Genes up” and Richard Hayes with his essay “Genetically modified humans? No thanks”. While the two writers present a strong case for and against genetic modification
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Cloned Genes Now that we have covered the basic techniques involved in gene cloning and DNA analysis and examined how these techniques are used in research‚ we can move on to consider how recombinant DNA technology is being applied in biotechnology. This is not a new subject‚ although biotechnology has received far more attention during recent years than it ever has in the past. Biotechnology can be defined as the use of biological processes in industry and technology. 2.1 Overview of Gene Expression
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Drosophila melanogaster - Sex linkage and inheritance of genes through cross breeding Abstract This experiment looks at the relationship between genes‚ generations of a population and if genes are carried from one generation to another. By studying Drosophila melanogaster‚ starting with a parent group we crossed a variety of flies and observe the characteristics of the F1 generation. We then concluded that sex-linked genes and autosomal genes could indeed be traced through from the parent generation
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The technique of gene cloning has important applications in medicine‚ biotechnology‚ agriculture and research. Discuss two applications of this technique‚ which in your opinion‚ have had significant impact on society. Gene cloning is achieved by inserting a required gene into a vector DNA. This produces Recombinant DNA and when introduced to a host cell the vector is copied. It divides to produce lots of copies of the gene of interest (Willey‚ Sherwood and Woolverton‚ 2012). There are many applications
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On the surface level‚ Dawkins’s Selfish Gene‚ Small’s Our babies‚ Ourselves‚ and Sapolsky’s Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers appear to have little in common. However‚ while the three books are incredibly different from each other due to the subjects they discuss and the manner in which the books approach the topics of parenting and babies‚ genetics and evolution‚ as well as stress--both acute and chronic‚ they also share similarities‚ one of which is over the topic of breastfeeding. Although breastfeeding
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