What Is Gene Expression: The central dogma describes the flow of information from DNA (gene) to protein. Gene expression is the process of converting the genetic code to functional proteins for the cell to use. Gene expression is highly regulated and requires 3 different types of RNA: messenger...
What best describes the structure of DNA?DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the building block of life. It determines gene expression and makes us who we are, both as a species and as individuals. DNA is interesting not only for its important functions, but also because of its unique ...
a. Describe the relationship between heredity and the environment. b. What is an example of a characteristic in humans that seems to be partially affected by heredity and partially affected by the environment? c. What term describes genes that are close ...
As Richard Dawkins admits in his classic The Selfish Gene 'it is not easy, indeed it may not even be meaningful, to decide where one gene ends and another begins'.6 Dawkins makes this comment as he describes the process of looking through a microscope at the 46 (23 pairs) human ...
I was wondering, too, is it ever possible for more than one gene to control a certain trait? How would you be able to predict what someone's children would look like in a situation like that if it is possible? And a final thing, what about something like eye or hair color where the...
What is the phrase in evolutionary biology that describes the tendency for people to ascribe meaning to the way species evolved? In which part of the gene do you expect to see a non-synonymous variation? What does the pattern of genetic variation in modern human tell us about the origi...
This review describes how experience with sexual reward strengthens the development of sexual behavior and induces sexually-conditioned place and partner preferences in rats. In both male and female rats, early sexual experience with partners scented with a neutral or even noxious odor induces a ...
Hypomorphic describes amutation that causes a partial loss of gene function. A hypomorph is a reduction in gene function through reduced (protein, RNA) expression or reduced functional performance, but not a complete loss. Can recessive alleles be Amorphic or Hypomorphic?
When a gene is annotated with a term, all inferences that can be inferred from the structure of the GO must also hold true. In other words, if the child term describes a gene product, then all its parent terms must also apply to that gene product. Let’s revisit the ontology from abo...
This review describes the current knowledge of gene expression by B. burgdorferi in the tick and the mammalian host. The functions of the differentially regulated gene products as well as the factors that influence their expression are discussed. A thorough understanding of the changes in gene ...