James Watson, leader of the Human Genome Project, claimed:“In large measure, our fate is in our genes.” That may be true for many of our physical and biological traits, but not to worry. You do still have some freedom to make choice in your life. Even if those choices are… less...
Identify and name the following: It is the plasma membrane of the muscle cell. Fill in the blanks: Another name for the cell body of a neuron is the _ or _ or _. What is the name of the elongated bundles of contractile proteins that fill the cytoplasm in skeletal muscle fibers?
But our discovery is a little bit different. We have found a new class of RNAs that have changed how we think about cancer detection. These are relatively small RNAs, and they don't actually code for any protein. So they'...
One of the most reliable ways to find out what a gene is for is to find another gene with a very similar sequence. The human genes for hemoglobin and the chimpanzee genes for hemoglobin are a case in point. Since our ancestors diverged about six million years ago, the genes in each lin...
What is the scientific name given to the domestic fly? Zea mays and corns belong to family name {Blank}. What is the scientific name of cockroach? Is a pollen grain another term for a microspore? If not, what is another name for a plant's microspores?
Male Student: Let me see.OK. Trans …po ... sons …trans... posons. So "transposon" is another name for a jumping gene? Female Student: Right. And these transposons are, you know, like, little bits of DNA that are able to move from one cell to another.That’s why they’re cal...
Predicting the evolutionary potential of species on the long term (potential for speciating and radiating) is another issue, actually not feasible from any of their present characteristics (Barraclough and Davies 2005; Winter et al. 2013). We should however remember that the evolutionary record of...
Directions: Suppose the university newspaper is inviting submissions from the students for its coming edition on a campus event that has impressed them most. You are now to write an essay for submission. You will have 30 minutes to write the essay. You should write at least 120 words but no...
DNA science is the foundation of paternity testing; without it, getting a paternity test wouldn’t be possible. Today, paternity can be determined even without a sample from the father. By testing close relatives such as a grandparent or another sibling, paternity can be determined with ...
What is interesting about him and other superheroes is they keep their identityclosely-guarded- nobody knows who the real man in the costume is. Finn That's also true for another Japanese man who's been called a superhero. Mr Full Moon ...