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    Genetic Disorders: Schizophrenia April 18‚2011 Background Genetic Disorders occur when there is a change or mutation in the information contained in the genes. When cells get older or they have been exposed to something harmful disorders can occur. Genetic disorders can be caused by a mutation in one gene called monogenic disorder‚ by mutations in multiple genes called multifactorial inheritance disorder‚ by a combination of gene mutations and environmental factors‚ or by damage to chromosomes

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    Genetic Testing at Burlington Northern People wake up everyday‚ get ready for day‚ and start off to work. At work we never think about dying or getting hurt. So we do not worry enough ‚ and we believe that our workplace is safe. But unfortunately there were some fatalities‚ while people at work‚ this fatalities and accidents are still going on. Companies must care about their workers’ safety and keep their environment without any danger. For this reason companies should care about

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    My name is Khan

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    The film ‘My Name is Khan’ directed by Karan Johar‚ is about the story of a man named Rizwan Khan‚ a Muslim man with Asperger’s syndrome who fall unconditionally for a woman named Mandira who is a Hindu‚ single mother living out her life successfully by opening her own salon in San Francisco. However‚ a tragedy tears his family apart. In order to mend back what is broken‚ Rizwan Khan innocently sets foot on a journey to meet the president of America and utters the words “My name is Khan and I am

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    My Name Is Margaret

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    Madison Premoli 13 September 2012 1st period My Name Is Margaret Investigate and discuss the narrator’s attitude shifts as she achieves her identity. In the introduction of the essay‚ the narrator is informative of how it was like to live in that specific time period. Margaret differentiated between a white girl and a black girl growing up in the south. Maya Angelou claimed‚ “While white girls learned to waltz and sit gracefully with a tea cup balanced on their knees

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    increased resistance to herbicides or improved nutritional content. The enhancement of desired traits has traditionally been undertaken through breeding‚ but conventional plant breeding methods can be very time consuming and are often not very precise. Genetic engineering‚ on the other hand‚ can create plants with the exact desired trait very rapidly and with great accuracy. For example‚ plant geneticists can isolate a gene responsible for drought tolerance and insert that gene into a different plant. The

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    titled‚ Child Obesity Genetics Issue‚ Heit talks about how genetics is the main reason that affects childhood obesity. The article talks about how a child’s genes come from both parents and that they cannot help what kind of genes that they get. The article talks about how if both parents are obese than more than likely their child will be obese. Obesity is considered to be a hereditary problem because in most cases children become obese because of their genetic makeup. “Genetic issues that can cause

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    December 1‚ 2012 Polydactyle Polydactyle is a genetic disorder that is caused by a gene on chromosome seven. Polydactyle is a condition were an individual has more than five digits per hand. Most cases are isolated and not related to any other disorder but some are related to others. The errors occur during fetal development and they are caused by on several mutations on a gene that is known as chromosome seven. Polydactlyle is Autosomal dominant meaning that an offspring can get this

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    Maya Angelou’s story “My name is Margaret” is full of negativity and hatred towards Mr. and Mrs. Cullinan. Margaret begins her story by pointing out the differences between the white and black lifestyles. “While white girls learned to waltz and sit gracefully with a tea cup balanced on their knees‚ we were lagging behind‚ learning mid-Victorian values with very little money to indulge them.” Education is one the key differences that is pointed out in the beginning of this short story. “During my

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    Genetic Drift Extinction

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    Description of how genetic variation and genetic drift affects extinction of various species. http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/9834092339/student_view0/chapter20/simulation_of_genetic_drift.html http://anthro.palomar.edu/synthetic/synth_5.htm Genetic drift has many factors that can be linked to the extinction of a species. Genetic drift is a change in allele frequency which can rise or fall over time. Genetic drift lowers genetic variation every generation. The strength genetic drift depends on

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    http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/michael.gregory/files/bio%20100/bio%20100%20lectures/genetics-genes/mendelia.htm Challenging Crosses (punett squares) Questions? 1. What are the expected offspring produced by a cross between a heterozygous black short-haired guinea pig and a homozygous white‚ long-haired guinea pig. Assume Black color (B) and short-hair (S) are dominant traits. 2. The ability to roll the tongue into almost a complete circle is conferred by a dominant trait‚ while

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