through genetic manipulation to ensure that they possess “favorable” traits. The film is about Vincent Freeman‚ who was born outside of genetic manipulation and faces genetic discrimination because of it. Gattaca takes place in the not so distant future where eugenics‚ the practice of “improving” genetic quality is common. In this society‚ there is a database that classifies those as “valid” who are genetically modified and those conceived naturally and thus are more susceptible to genetic complications
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Genetic disease Page 1 A Genetic Disease: Muscular Dystrophy Genetic Disease Page 2 Abstract Muscular Dystrophy is an inherited disease that causes progressive muscle
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baby it is reminiscent of creating a “master race”. If people are allowed to create the perfect child‚ what happens to the unique qualities and diversified population? I feel that is order for the human race to survive we need a wide spectrum of genetic differences. People with diversity can sometimes over come there diversity and use their differences as motivation. Many people where gifted with unique traits and use them as self motivation. In the movie “Gattaca” Vincent used his imperfections
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Meiosis and Genetic Diversity in Sordaria Biology 110 Lab Results Individual Data: Non-recombinant | Recombinant | Total # of Asci | Total # Recombinant Asci(B + C) | Frequency of Recombinant Asci(B + C)/total # asci) | Frequency of Type B Asci(B/total # asci) | Frequency of Type C Asci(C/total # asci) | Ratio B/C | # of Type A Asci(4:4) | # of Type B Asci(2:4:2) | # of Type C Asci(2:2:2:2) | | | | | | | Tan Spore Color | | | | 14 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 12 | (6+6)/26= 6/13 | 6/26=
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Genetic Counselor Decision-Making Two parents‚ Jenny and Bob Miller‚ are both well educated and rich. They have two children‚ James and Andrew‚ who are both stricken with muscular dystrophy. The prognosis is that their muscular systems will gradually deteriorate‚ resulting in an early death. Yet the advances of medicine hold out the promise of a possible cure in the foreseeable future with gene therapy. Closer to hand is the possibility that embryonic muscle cells from normal individuals might
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wanted to know if it could be cured and if not was there any treatments for it. Muscular dystrophy could potentially be cured through gene therapy‚ but currently the disease is best treated with a steroid named Prednisone. Muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder. It is inherited just like height and eye color. Scientists now know that a defective gene causes each type of muscular dystrophy. In
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Genetic engineering in general Pros|Cons| With the discovery of DNA and unravelling the genetic code it contains‚ molecular biologists have finally come close to understanding what determines the form and function of organisms and can use this to design organisms at will. This is illustrated by the experiments on the transgenic fruit fly which has eyes on its antennae (Walter Gehring‚ Basel Biocentre‚ Switzerland. see the year 1994 in http://www.ifgene.org/history.htm ). This new technology will
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"Genetic Epidemiology of Antisocial Behavior" Ty A. Ridenour What exactly causes anti-social behavior in individuals‚ and how can it be prevented are questions proposed in Ty A. Ridenours Genetic Epidemiology of Antisocial Behavior. Ridenour’s contention is that biological factors and genes play a role in the development of anti-social "criminal" behavior in individuals. "Familial aggregation" which Ridenour explains is the "tendency for criminal and antisocial behavior to run in families"
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Genetic Worksheet Misanna Gordon SCI 230 December 02‚ 2012 Mitzie Sowell Associate Program Material Genetics Worksheet Review the images below and answer the follow-up questions. Key: Male affected with cystic fibrosis Unaffected male female affected with cystic fibrosis unaffected female Generation I II III IV V Pedigree showing inheritance of cystic fibrosis A Key: Male affected with cystic fibrosis Unaffected male female affected with cystic fibrosis unaffected
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Introduction With the dawn of modern genetic technology‚ new problems and possibilities arise. The ability to modify the genes of living organisms is a very controversial subject‚ spawning many debates about its uses‚ ethics‚ and dangers. On one hand‚ the possibility of modifying livestock and plants to produce more food and useful products is tempting. Medical uses for genetic modification are also abundant‚ and can change medicine for the better. On the other hand‚ problems about the ethicality
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