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potentially very dangerous tool. To alter the sequence of nucleotides of the DNA that code for the structure of a complex living organism‚ can have extremely ill effects although the potential benefits can be huge. Before advances in genetic applications‚ gene therapy was unheard of and genetic defects were always inherited‚ plaguing generations. Today genetic testing is widely available‚ such as prenatal karyotyping of chromosomes to check for genetic abnormalities. Genetic testing is also useful for families
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cloning Brassica rapa seed specific Napin promoter to control expression of GUS (beta-glucuronidase) reporter gene. Leaves were cut in small portions and were transferred to media containing antibiotic (Kanamycin)‚ making the media selective for explants containing antibiotic resistant genes. The growth of shoots from the explants then grew and confirmed for the successful transformation of our gene of interest. Introduction: Plant transformation has its roots in the research on Agrobacterium that was
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Chapter 8 Heredity and Genetic Variation (Objectives) pg. 192-221 Questions: 1. The role of genes in heredity is to carry the traits for the making of DNA. 2. The law of probability says that each chance of probability is equal in the sense of the possible outcomes of the traits present. 4. Dominant masks the recessive which in situations where both trait alleles are present in a gene the organism would be heterozygous and the dominant allele will be what phenotype trait will be shown
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1958. In 1953‚ Watson and Crick were the first to determine the true crystalline structure of DNA‚ using model building and then X-ray crystallography. Once the DNA structure was determined‚ the mechanisms behind inheritance‚ information flow‚ and gene function fell into place. Overall the flow of information is depicted as: DNA --> RNA --> protein. Both DNA and RNA can be replicated (i.e. DNA is synthesized from DNA‚ and RNA from RNA). RNA can be made or transcribed from DNA. It is called transcription
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and has the GFP gene to be used to track the flow of genes between bacterial cells through conjugation. A plasmid with these qualities is necessary to create a plasmid that can be transferred to Gram-positive bacteria low in C&G (which are hard to transform with traditional means) by conjugation with other bacteria. Current vectors have the malR regulatory protein which imposes a problem because when active‚ the malM gene is not induced‚ so maltase is not utilized and the gfp gene is not expressed
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independently of all other genes. Thus‚ depending on the recessive or dominant status of both alleles for a gene‚ an individual may or may not develop a simple disorder where one gene is sufficient causality (Mendel‚ 1865). In Schizophrenia the prevailing genetic architecture hypothesis is that of a complex disorder composed of multiple genes‚ environmental and epigenetic influences‚ a common disease with common variants. However‚ the failure to identify a specific set of genes and external factors has
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component. What is a genome? And why is it relevant to us? A genome is the building block of all living organisms‚ it consists of the mapping or instructions to how an organism functions‚ and it does this through the use of DNA and genes. Genes are a group of DNA; Genes hold instructions and information about the production of specific proteins which is fundamental to all organisms. In other words these proteins determine such things as‚ how organisms look‚ the metabolism efficiency of food‚ how the
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The ability of humans to manipulate DNA is a mixed blessing Genetically modified organisms are made moving the DNA from one species to another. DNA contains genes which code for proteins. For plants and bacteria; restriction enzymes are used to cut a DNA segment from a desired gene source and a bacterium plasmid. They are joined using ligase enzymes and inserted into the plant chromosome or host bacterium. For animals the recombinant DNA is injected into an embryo and transferred to a recipient
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the creation of "gene drive" that can eradicate diseases caused by insect pests and pests. Genetic drive is a phenomenon in which certain genes are genetically inherited‚ but it is possible to introduce genetic modification into a population of individuals‚ which is a successful application of this phenomenon. It was considered insufficient for practical application in conventional gene recombination and the like. However‚ by using Crisper‚ in principle it became possible to use gene drive for almost
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