Genetic Mutation Essays and Term Papers
EvolutionINTRODUCTION ............................................... 2
DARWINIAN THEORY OF .............................. 4
THE THEORY OF BIOLOGICAL : CONTRIBUTING ELEMENTS ..7
WALLACE'S CONTRIBUTIONS ................................... 13
HARDY-WEINBERG PRINCIPLE .................................. ...
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Down SyndromeIn one in every one thousand births, an extra chromosome results in the birth of a baby with Down's Syndrome; a genetic disorder resulting in mental retardation.
In 1866, physician John Langdon Down, in Surrey England, identified a set of children with common features of mental retardation. Down ...
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Hemophilia 3The genetic disorder which I have chosen as the subject of my report is hemophilia. There are two types of hemophilia, hemophilia-A and hemophilia-B. The clinical symptoms of both are very similar so for the purposes of this paper I have chosen to concentrate on hemophilia-A.
Hemophilia-A is an X ...
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Familial Hypercholesterolemiais a very common disease among humans. It predisposes an individual inflicted with it to early and premature heart attacks, strokes, and circulation disorders. It is a genetic and familial disease seen in all segments of humanity.
The cholesterol in the human body is derived from two ...
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Cystic Fibrosis“Woe to that child which when kissed on the forehead tastes salty, for he is bewitched and soon must die.” Northern European folklore, though a salty brow was the least of that child’s worries that at the time was the way people found out that their child was going to die. How horrible this ...
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AIDS: US Made?In an article in the Summer-Autumn 1990 issue of "Top Secret", Prof. J.
Segal and Dr. L. Segal illustrate their theory that AIDS is a man-made disease,
originating at Pentagon bacteriological warfare labs at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
"Top Secret" is the international edition of the German magazine ...
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Hantavirus: A Four Corners Study
When a new virus appeared in the Four Corners region, American scientists were stumped. What was causing such a quick death to such healthy people? Was there a potential epidemic on their hands? No one knew, and when they finally determined that a strain was involved, ...
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AIDS: A U.S.- Made Monster?PREFACE
In an extensive article in the Summer-Autumn 1990 issue of "Top Secret", Prof J.
Segal and Dr. L. Segal outline their theory that AIDS is a man-made disease,
originating at Pentagon bacteriological warfare labs at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
"Top Secret" is the international edition of the ...
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Biological Effects Of RadiationThe
Whether the source of radiation is natural or man made, whether it is a small dose of radiation or a large dose, there will be some biological effects. Radiation causes ionizations of atoms, which will affect molecules, which may affect cells, which may affect tissues, and so on. Although ...
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Sickle Cell AnemiaSickle Cell Anemia
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease. The word anemia is defined as meaning that the blood does not have the required number of red blood cells. These cells take on a crescent shape, which is where the disease takes its name from the abnormal sickle shapes of the ...
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The Family of SchistosomidaeBackground Information:
In the family of schistosomidae, there are 14 genera, 9 of which have avian definitive hosts, and the others infect other hosts such as crocodiles, or mammals. The parasite discussed in this case study could include Trichobilharzia, which has an avian definitive host and ...
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Alzheimers DiseaseAlzheimer’s disease is a slowly progressive, degenerative disorder of the brain that eventually results in abnormal brain function and death. The disease was first described in 1907 by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer(1864-1915). In the neurological autopsy on the brain of a 56-year-old ...
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The Ebola VirusA virus is an ultramicroscopic infectious organism that, having
no independent metabolic activity, can replicate only within a cell of
another host organism. A virus consists of a core of nucleic acid, either
RNA or DNA, surrounded by a coating of antigenic protein and sometimes a
lipid layer ...
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Artificial Life(commonly called a-life) is the term applied
collectively to attempts being made to develop mathematical models and
computer simulations of the ways in which living organisms develop, grow,
and evolve. Researchers in this burgeoning field hope to gain deeper
insights into the nature of organic ...
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Antibiotic Resistance 2During 1997, an event doctors had been fearing finally occurred. In three geographically separate patients, an often deadly bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, responded poorly to a once reliable antidote--the antibiotic vancomycin. Fortunately, in those patients, the bacteria remained susceptible ...
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Alzheimer’s Diseaseis a slowly progressive, degenerative disorder of the brain that eventually results in abnormal brain function and death. The disease was first described in 1907 by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer(1864-1915). In the neurological autopsy on the brain of a 56-year-old woman Auguste D., of ...
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Von Willebrand’s DiseaseBlood is carried throughout the body within a network of blood vessels. When our tissues are injured (cut on skin), are blood vessel is disrupted, and we bleed through the holes in the blood vessel wall. Normally, we stop bleeding through two integrated processes, or the formation of a platelet ...
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Arthur Kornberg(1918-), American biochemist and physician, claims he has never met "a dull enzyme." He has devoted his life to pursuing and purifying these critical protein molecules. His love of science did not spring from a family history rooted in science. He was born on March 3rd, 1918, the son of ...
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Geneticistsneed many skills. One of the most important is to be able
to ask questions. Another is to correctly organize data. In the way of
training, one should major in biology, genetics, and many other biosciences.
A bachelor degree can get a job, but I myself would advise getting the
highest amount of ...
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The Ebola VirusA virus is an ultramicroscopic infectious organism that, having no
independent metabolic activity, can replicate only within a cell of another host
organism. A virus consists of a core of nucleic acid, either RNA or DNA,
surrounded by a coating of antigenic protein and sometimes a lipid ...
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