Using Punnett Squares, the cross from the parent flies can predict the F1 generations' phenotypes (50% wild type males and 50% wild type females) expressed and the genotypes that were associated with them. Then by using one male and one female from the F1 generation as the parents of the second Punnet Square, the F2 generation is predicted. ... The predicted ratios from the Punnett Squares almost matched the actual progeny that was recorded. ...

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There is no way of predicting the degree of severity either form of NF will have. ... In general, linkage testing is more than 95 percent accurate in predicting whether or not an individual has NF. ...

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With the ability to decipher a fetus's complete genome it will be possible to statistically predict a child's future health, for example, the probability that they will develop melanoma. ... There are cases that are presented today where acts of violence are justified due to a possession of a variation of the monoamine oxidase A gene otherwise known as the Warrior Gene (Warrior Gene Predicts). ...

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The Ethical Implications of the Human Genome Project Science has had an impact on all aspects of our lives including man himself. The rate of change brought about by scientific developments is fast and all encompassing. The development and enhancements of machines used by man occurs much faster t...

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Abstract As much as the attempt to control the gender of offspring to achieve a desired sex may be appealing to some, others as equally disregard it. This particular argument can be carried either way and is currently being address and practiced in all available parts of the world. In this study, I ...

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In altering the germline, gene addition would be unsatisfactory because it is not possible to predict the effects of a mixture of the normal gene and the mutated gene with respect to regulatory signals necessary for normal growth and development. ...

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Genetic Engineering Imagine a world where people didn't have to donate organs anymore or if vegetables were so big and the plant produced so much that many farms wouldn't need to be utilized anymore. Genetic engineering could change the world, as we currently know it. Technologies already exist...

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Genetic engineering has developed and blossomed at a frightening rate in the last decade. Originating as merely an area of interest for scientists, genetic engineering has now become an area of which all people should be somewhat knowledgeable. DNA profiling has many uses, both positive and negative, in our society. Aside from its usefulness in many legal investigations, DNA profiling can be used in the workplace to discriminate against employees whose profiles could pose a financial risk. For example, genetic technology can and has been used to determine the capacity of a person t...

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Patients with DD have problems with single word reading (SWR), spelling, phoneme awareness (PA), phonological decoding (PD) and orthographic coding (OC).(1) Most studies define DD as having a deficit in reading age of at least 2 years below the chronologically predicted age value.(2)Specific tests have been developed for each of these five reading measures and are used for the diagnosis of dyslexia. ...

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