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    It’s not always a blessing People are always telling me that I don’t speak English or Spanish‚ but I have my own language called Spanglish. I sit here thinking how many people can relate to my everyday life struggle.The curse of being bilingual is one that can affect you for all of the time. The struggle of actually never being fluent in either language makes you feel a bit abnormal. As if you lack some kind of ability to be smart or even just an average person. Constantly being made fun

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    Behavioral Genetics

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    GENETIC INFLUENCE ON HUMAN BEHAVIOR Multiple situations and conditions can impair or influence human behavior in individuals. My hypothesis was genetics has the strongest influence on human behavior because of the inability to have control over heredity. Without control‚ how can one improve or change their behavior? Mental disorders can be inherited through genetics. Examples of genetically acquired mental disorders are schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. My personal experience with individuals

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    Mendelian Genetics

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    MENDEL`S PRINCIPLES OF GENETICS 1.0 INTRODUCTION: 1.1 BACKGROUND Gregor Mendel‚ who is now considered as founder of classical genetics‚ ( Elrod S. & Stansfield w‚2010)‚ conducted a series of experiments using garden pea plants‚ his aim was to find a way of explaining to his fellow scientists who believed the blending theory which had been proposed earlier by Wiseman‚ that heredity involved the interaction of discrete separable factors (now known as genes) After a statistical analysis of the

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    Genetic Disorders

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    Genetic disorders are a topic in biology that can not be avoided. The fact is that genetic disorders can happen in humans‚ plants or animal. No one and nothing is safe from a genetic disorder. A genetic disorder can appear in the first years off life‚ or can appear much later in life when least expected. A basic principal of biology states that the behavior of chromosomes during the meiosis process can account for genetic inheritance patterns. There are many reasons for genetic disorders. To start

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    Genetic aggression

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    Aggression Discuss genetic factors involved in aggressive behaviour. The gene MAOA may be associated with aggressive behaviour. It is responsbile for breaking down neurotransmitters such as noradrenaline and dopamine after they have transmitted an impulse from one cell to another. The lower the MAOA gene‚means that the more aggressive the behaviour as dopamine and noradrealine is accumulated in their bodies. There has been emperical support by CASES et al who investigated mice genetically engineered

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    Genetic Diseases

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    Q1.Some genetic disorders are caused by alleles inherited from the parents. (a)     What are alleles? ........................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................ (1) (b)     Describe how embryos can be screened for the alleles that cause genetic disorders. ..........................................................

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    trait. Q3. In pedigrees‚ a male individual is symbolized as a square. Q4. The chromosomal structure that anchors the spindle fiber to the chromosome is centromere. Q5. The short arm of a submetacentric chromosome is symbolized as the p arm. Q6. Genetic diseases transmitted only by a mother to both sons and daughters result from mitochondrial genes. Q7. Within a species‚ when a gene has multiple alleles‚ a single individual may carry 2 alleles. Q8. In humans the only cytoplasmic organelles besides

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    Genetics Worksheet

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    Associate Program Material Genetics Worksheet Review the images below and answer the follow-up questions. Questions: 1. According to the pedigree‚ is cystic fibrosis inherited as a dominant or as a recessive trait? Explain how you made your conclusion using evidence from the pedigree and the principles of genetics. Cystic Fibrosis is a recessive trait. You have to inherit two copies of the allele to have cystic fibrosis. If

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    Genetics of Parenthood

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    The Genetics of Parenthood Abstract: Why do people‚ even closely related people‚ look slightly different from each other? The reason for these differences in physical characteristics‚ or appearance‚ (called phenotype) is the different combination of genes (the genotype) possessed by each individual. All of your genes are segments of DNA located on your chromosomes. To illustrate the tremendous variety possible when you begin to combine genes‚ you and a classmate will establish the

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    Genetic Research

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    Genetic Research There are many types of genetic research that are being studying and utilized throughout the world today. There are many ethical and moral issues that arise when discussing genetic research and they have created a heated debate among the many religious faith traditions and their teachings. Perhaps the most divisive categories of genetic research include embryonic and stem cell research‚ as well as prenatal screening and diagnosis. Stem cell research is an unending controversial

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