What is the DNA twisted structure called?
The "twisted ladder" shape of DNA is called a double helix.
Genetic engineering as a sentence?
DNA is made up of genetic material.Genetic research is a popular field nowadays.
How much does genetic engineering cost?
Genetically Modified products are generally cheaper, because they are capable of yielding more fruits/grains than Non-GM plants. For example, a genetically engineered rice plants can yield five times more grain heads than non-GM rice plants. That's a VAST difference. Also, some GM plants are capable of resisting against diseases and pests, weeds and consequently, farmers don't need to use pesticide nor herbicide. Pesticide and herbicide are very costly and are a financial burden on farmers, especially those in poor countries. So when they use GM crops, they can save extra cash by not having to purchase these chemical substances. With this extra cash, farmers could plant more crop plants than usual, which equals to a bigger harvest. And hence, supplies of crops increase, meaning the prices are inclined to reduce. (bigger supply + same demand = lower prices)
What are the strands of genetic material floating in a nucleus of a animal cell?
Strands of genetic material floating in the nucleus is chromatin. Cytoplasm is the part of the cell that is between the cell membrane and the nucleus.
Describe two ways in which genetic recombination occurs during meiosis?
The independent orientation of chromosome tetrads in prophase I. Simplified diagram,
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Crossing over also in prophase I.
A part of the female chromosome and a part of the male chromosome, aligned together, swap places; genetic material.
What happens to clones after they are cloned?
Cloning can make all the descendants of a particular line susceptible to the same possible defects and mutations.
How do scientists make clones?
The first step in using the polmerase chain reaction method to copy a gene is to heat a piece of DNA which separates its two strands. Then, as the DNA cools, primers bind to the single strands. Next, DNA polymerase starts copying the region between the primers. These copies can serve as templates to make still more copies.
What is the importance of gene cloning?
Genetic cloning allows us to study genetic disorders in a lab environment. we can perform experiments on these cloned cells without having to endanger the patient themselves. these clones aren't humans, you can't even see them without a microscope most of the time. By performing these experiments we learn about the different processes that occur within the cell. and the more we learn about these processes the more we can do to prevent disorders that occur due to malfunctions in these processes.
What are the Feature of genetic code?
it is made of a sequence of nucleotides:in DNA or RNA, these nucleotides are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil where it determines the specific amino acid sequence in the proteins,but is the biochemical of heredity and nearly universal in all organisms... DNA transfers and forms a code.
How is genetic engineering used in human growth hormone therapy?
Growth hormones are something that are fed animals at most slaughter houses or dairy houses. This means that the meat, poultry or dairy you are consuming is not organic. Growth hormones make cows or chickens provide more meat, poultry or dairy by growing them artificially.
A virus that stores its genetic information as RNA is called?
It is called a Retrovirus HIV is an example of a Retrovirus
Whether enzyme is bigger or DNA is bigger in molecular size and how do we conclude that?
enzyme is nothing but the protein which is formed from DNA by translation through transcription of a particular region of the DNA . so obviously the DNA is larger than the enzyme in molecular size.
What is the controversy of cloning humans?
The controversy surrounding human cloning is an ethical issue. People wonder if humans have the right to create other humans and if humans do have that right, do they also have the right to take life away? The controversy is over life and death and who has the power to control them.
ADD stands for Attention Deficit Disorder.
It is primarily passed down through genetics. Most parents find out they have ADD or OCD (as they are opposites of one another) as a result of their child's diagnosis.
See "difference between ADD and OCD".
How many divisions occur in meiosis?
Meiosis does in fact divide twice, once in meiosis I (cytokinesis) and meiosis II (cytokinesis) basically it divides into four daughter cells at the end of meiosis. Two from meiosis I and four in meiosis II
Why do you clone humans and why?
No human has yet been cloned. With the exception of identical twins.
Where can a genetic counselor work?
Geneticists are specialists in genetics and genetics related problems. Genetics refers to the study of hereditary i.e. the passage of information from one generation to another. Experiments are carried out in labs so as to pindown the role of specific gene in a given condition. They also do studies relating to genetic disorders caused by mutation and various other regions and methods of overcoming that using gene therapy and other modes of better management.
What Material in nucleus that contains genetic information?
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) contains the genetic information inside cells. The genetic information itself is a code of letters out of 4 possible nitrogen bases (A,T,G,C) eg. ACGTATGCATGGT. A gene is a portion of this code that has information for the construction of one type of protein chain.