Chapter 10 Foundations of Genetics Lecture Notes 1 Foundations of Genetics Mendel and the Garden pea The father of modern Genetics is Gregor Mendel. Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) was an Austrian monk who lived in a monastery where the experiments with the garden pea were performed. Mendel’s work with the garden pea was the fundamental study which unveiled the laws that govern genetics and heredity. Mendel was the first to use the scientific method in a very systematic and analysed his results
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Genetic Discrimination Secret genetic testing at Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad lead the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to file a discrimination law suit against the company for potentially using the information obtained in these test against their employees. The Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) referenced the American Disability Act’s statement that “it is unlawful to conduct genetic testing with the intent to discriminate in the workplace” Burlington Northern
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Personality Traits How would you score yourself on each of them? After reviewing the “Trait Theories” in chapter four‚ specifically the “Big Five”‚ I have come to learn that researchers believe that personalities can be described and evaluated in five traits. (Witt and Mossler‚ 2010‚ Ch. 4.3). Starting with Openness to Experience‚ I believe I would score high on this trait because I am very open-minded to new ideas and I constantly put myself in other people’s shoes to see their own point of view
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Sociological Theory Genetic Engineering The debate program I chose was Intelligence Squared and was on the Prohibition of Genetically Engineered Babies. The debate was mediated by John Donvan and took place in February 2013. The two views were for and against the prohibition of genetically modifying the human genome. To start off the debate two debaters on each side stated their case. For prohibiting were Sheldon Krimsky‚ a professor at Tuft’s University and chair of The Genetic Council For Responsible
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Genetic Technology and Personalized Medicine Nicole Williams Dr. Kennedy SCI 115 November 4‚ 2011 A patient is being treated for breast cancer. The medicine usually involved to treat this disease is Chemo Therapy and radiation. It works for some‚ some it does not. So what other alternative is there for patients with this illness? Currently in the works is the idea to study an individual patient’s genotype to get a better understanding of what medication‚ therapy‚ treatment‚ will actually
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Genetic engineering‚ also called genetic modification‚ is the direct manipulation of an organism’s genome using biotechnology. New DNA may be inserted in the host genome by first isolating and copying the genetic material of interest using molecular cloning methods to generate a DNA sequence‚ or by synthesizing the DNA‚ and then inserting this construct into the host organism. Genes may be removed‚ or "knocked out"‚ using a nuclease. Gene targeting is a different technique that useshomologous recombination to
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My topic is genetic engineering of human embryos. There are currently two different approaches to this manipulation: embryo elimination or genetic alterations. There are ethical issues regarding genetic engineering. Altering or eliminating defective embryos to ensure a healthy child is acceptable. Modification of the genetic makeup of an embryo to attain desired characteristics or the creation of a designer baby is unethical. In addition the creation of designer babies through genetic engineering
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MENDEL`S PRINCIPLES OF GENETICS 1.0 INTRODUCTION: 1.1 BACKGROUND Gregor Mendel‚ who is now considered as founder of classical genetics‚ ( Elrod S. & Stansfield w‚2010)‚ conducted a series of experiments using garden pea plants‚ his aim was to find a way of explaining to his fellow scientists who believed the blending theory which had been proposed earlier by Wiseman‚ that heredity involved the interaction of discrete separable factors (now known as genes) After a statistical analysis of the
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Team Personality Traits Dawn Borden ‚ Gracie Reed Johanna Guedea‚ Megan Miller PSY/250 December 02‚ 2013 Anney Snyder Team Personality Traits Team Personality Traits can be easily captured by five dimensions. These dimensions are called the Big Five. The Big Five consists of Extroversion‚ Agreeableness‚ Conscientiousness‚ Emotional Instability‚ and Openness. A combination of questions and answers provides information that determines which characteristics are associated with each other
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Tim Brasher PSYC – 2009 -1 Dr. Tonya Inman As I began the process of preparing for this week’s assignments and I noticed that a great deal of emphasis was being put on personality trait testing‚ I have to say I was a little bit nervous as I have never really put much stock into those particular types of tests being very accurate. But after reading chapters 7 and 8 in our text Personality: Theory and Research‚ the article on Gordon Allport‚ and most specifically
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