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alcohol. Esters are ubiquitous. Most naturally occurring fats and oils are the fatty acid esters of glycerol. Esters with low molecular weight are commonly used as fragrances and found in essential oils and pheromones. Phosphoesters form the backbone of DNA molecules. Nitrate esters‚ such as nitro-glycerine‚ are known for their explosive properties‚ while polyesters are important plastics‚ with monomers linked by ester moieties. ------------------------------------------------- Structure & Bonding
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engineering may raise ethnic problems since it involves the use of both animal and plant genes. This may pose a huge problem for vegetarians since animal genes are sometimes used to modify plant genes. For example‚ fish genes are inserted into strawberries to make them resistant to climatic conditions and make them available throughout the year. Vegetarians may be unable to follow their fasting. They might eventually have to go against their own religion and ways. Hence‚ a whole culture would disappear
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Cells or Somatic Cell. It keeps Cells Living and Growing. Events during Mitosis | | Interphase: Cells may appear inactive during this stage‚ but they are quite the opposite. This is the longest period of the complete cell cycle during which DNA replicates‚ the centrioles
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creating bigger than normal sized strawberries. A question seems to arise‚ is all this technological advancement necessary? Are we as a society taking unnecessary measures to “fix” something that is natural and worked since the beginning of time? In the medical world‚ many health problems have been examined where food and nutrition were identified as partial contributors to the problem. This film helped in explaining how enzymes are used to knick corn DNA and how foreign DNA was then presented into the
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formed in the body are highly dangerous‚ as they are unstable molecules with an odd number of electrons. Since they have an odd number of electrons they seek and steal electrons from other molecules in the body‚ causing damage to the cell membranes or DNA in cells‚ leading to destruction of cells and metabolic processes in the body. As the free radicals steal electrons and destroy the healthy cells and stable molecules‚ they cause more free radicals to form. This forms a sort of chain process and can
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progeny by discrete‚ independent units‚ later called genes. His observations laid the groundwork for the field of genetics. 1869 Friedrich Miescher discovers a weak acid in the nuclei of white blood cells in the sperm of trout that today we call DNA. 1877 A technique for staining and identifying bacteria is developed by Koch. 1878 The first centrifuge is developed by Gustaf de Laval. 1879 In Michigan‚ Darwin devotee William James Beal makes the first clinically controlled crosses
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We eat fruits and vegetables every single day. But what do we really know about them? Tomatoes as big as a bicycle‚ wheat resisting insects and strawberry withstanding freezing temperatures. Did you know that many companies around the world start altering food in order for it to taste better‚ increase nutrients and last longer? We are manipulating DNA ’s of animals and plants together to form unnatural living forms. This makes new‚ unpredictable health and environmental risks. Once a crop is genetically
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derived from GMOs. Most recently‚ biotech companies have inserted herbicide-resistance genes into wheat‚ fish genes into strawberries‚ human genes into fish and pharmaceuticals like birth control into corn. Genetically modified food refers to the origin of food from genetically modified organisms‚ produced by genetic engineer. History: Scientists first discovered that DNA can transfer between organisms in 1946.The first genetically modified plant was produced in 1983‚ using an antibiotic-resistant
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foods is done by changing the genes of a cell. Genes are a progression of bases which code for a sequence of amino acids. Amino acids make up proteins which we need for our body to function. The DNA is made of the four bases; Adenine‚ Thymine‚ Cytosine and Guanine. Genes are then added or taken from the DNA which changes the colour‚ size‚ shape‚ nutritional value or the way in which the plant or animal grows. With support from scientists farmers have been genetically modifying their crops for quite
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