Category: Genetics

  • Modern East Asians and Denisovans Share Genetic Material

    Table of Contents Summary Scientific Evidence (evidence used) Questions about Research Conclusion Works Cited Summary The online proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences released research findings from Uppsala University that people in East Asia share genetic material with Denisovans. The significance of these findings is related to the fact that certain species of “archaic…

  • Children’s Temperament and Personality: Genetic Basis

    Traits can be said to be the characteristics that make up a human being’s personality. Different traits may be used to describe an individual, and some of them are agreeableness, extroversion, and openness. Temperament incorporates these traits, and one develops a unique perception and behavior which is consistent, especially in one’s adulthood (Saudino, 2015). Biology…

  • Epigenetics of High Fructose Corn Syrup at a Molecular Level

    The epigenetics of high fructose corn syrup at a molecular level may be explained under several principles, but two of many principles seem to be the major ones. The energy intake and its expenditure regulations are the key determinants of the epigenetics of high fructose in the body. This single most principle of energy intake…

  • Crop Genetic Erosion: Understanding and Responding to Loss of Crop Diversity

    Most bacteria known to researchers reproduce through the method of binary fission. This is a process that entails the division of a single-cell bacterium into two cells that are identical. Specifically, prokaryotes’ cells have evolved to have several methods of genetic material recombination, which influence genetic diversity. The three most widespread methods in which bacteria…

  • Genetic Testing: Should You Bother to Exercise?

    Genetic variation in humans plays a key role in the heterogeneity of resultant body responses to exercises. Some genomes support the exercise-mediated improvement of high blood pressure, alleviation of diabetes type 2, muscle development and the metabolism of excess body fat. For example, some classifier genes contain DNA variants that contribute to the variation of…

  • Genetic Testing: Should You Bother to Exercise?

    Genetic variation in humans plays a key role in the heterogeneity of resultant body responses to exercises. Some genomes support the exercise-mediated improvement of high blood pressure, alleviation of diabetes type 2, muscle development and the metabolism of excess body fat. For example, some classifier genes contain DNA variants that contribute to the variation of…

  • The Factors That Cause Instances of Genetic Diversity

    Living things are known to have varying characteristics, even when they belong to the same species. Climatic conditions are not the same in every part of the world. Therefore, animals and plants are known to exhibit different characteristics in different regions. On the same note, adaptations to different requirements for survival have been known to…

  • The Factors That Cause Instances of Genetic Diversity

    Living things are known to have varying characteristics, even when they belong to the same species. Climatic conditions are not the same in every part of the world. Therefore, animals and plants are known to exhibit different characteristics in different regions. On the same note, adaptations to different requirements for survival have been known to…

  • Patenting of Genetic Information

    Completing the sequencing of the nucleic acid sequence of the human genome led to the mass patenting of genes in the United States. The phrase “What can be patented is purified DNA containing the sequence of the gene and techniques that allow the study of the genes.” has a rather specific meaning. The object of…

  • Aspects of the Genetic Enhancement

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Reference Introduction Genetic enhancement means using genetic editing technologies to introduce changes into the genome of the fetus to achieve improvements in the physical or mental health of the future child. This process raises bioethical debates: both scientists and the community still cannot come to a conclusion about whether…