Each alternative form of a character, such as green or yellow seeds, is called a trait. ... (Variable copies of genes are called alleles). ... In fruit fly genetics, a normal fly is called a "wild type" and has red eyes, a grey body color and normal wings. ... A superscript + identifies the allele for the wild-type trait. For example, an e+ allele symbolizes the normal (wild) color, grey, of a fruit fly. ...

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Some proteins may be consist of several polypeptide chains and the genes required to do this are collectively called a transcription unit. Fig. 2 Diagram showing how genes code for proteins Bacterium also contain small circular loops of DNA called plasmids which are not essential to the bacterium but can be useful in certain environmental conditions such as resistance to antibiotics. ... Using the principles of the genetic code it is possible to construct a complementary DNA sequence called and oligonucleotide using an automated DNA synthesiser. ... It is possible, however, that the gene may e...

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Eve was born to a 31 year old American who was part of the controversial UFO based cult called "Clonaid" founded in Bahamans in 1997. ... Another birth was announced in New York of a boy called Adam Nash, who once was referred to as the 1st cloned human baby- this time sans UFO cults, virgin births or secret labs in unnamed countries. ... This method of transplant of organs and tissues from animals to humans in called Xeno-transplantation. ... Stem cells are extracted from the egg after it is divided for 5 days and is now called a Blastocyst. ... Although, the cloned young gaur (wild o...

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But according to a professor of cell biology and anatomy at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, Sturt Newman, the effect on human biology could be equivalent to transforming wild areas into artificial areas, or wild food into artificial food, "We might be changing people into products - genetically engineered products." ... To combat the inevitability of this new technologically advanced future, Marcy Darnovsky, a Sonoma State University instructor calls for three things to happen. ...

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Genetic engineering is also called gene manipulation, DNA manipulation and gene splicing. ... Scientists promise that genetically modified plants will have better texture, more flavor, and higher nutritional value than wild varieties of the same crops [source 2]. ... Pigs are used for the production of organs which can be transplanted into human bodies, a process which is called xenotransplantation [source 1]. ...

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Starting with the stunning genetic diversity that exists in the wild, he is aiming to build custom-designed organisms that could produce clean energy, help feed the planet, and treat cancer.... He notices that the bacterial colonies have been contaminated by a fungus called Penicillium. ... A mold called Penicillium had developed in the bacterial colonies. ...

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Galton advocated what is called positive eugenics -- improving future generations by encouraging the "best" in society to have more children. ... Thus, selective breeding turned wild species into domesticated crops and livestock. ...

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The one process of cloning, called nuclear transfer, replaces the nucleus of an immature egg with a nucleus from another cell. ... Cloning can do many good things for our wild life and for our economy. ...

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In genetics, normal is used to indicate the wild-type or the gene that is most suited to survival and reproduction. ... On the website I found an article called "Human Cloning and Human Disunity: An Ethical Inquiry. ...

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Thus, the dyslexia associated SNP G-A substation mutation was shown to affect the binding of the transcription factor, which led to a reduced expression of DYX1C1 gene.(9) In 2012, Tammimies et al performed a quantitative real time-PCR analysis on DYX1C1 mRNA using two SH-SY5Y human neuorblastoma cell lines (one with estrogen receptor α and the other with estrogen receptor β) were treaded with estrogen. (9) Whereas the Erα cell line had no difference in the expression of the gene from the wild type, the Erβ had a 3 times more expression of the gene (fig2)(9) Thus, Estrogen was pro...

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