Avise’s book The Hope, Hype and Reality of Genetic Engineering. In its short history, genetic engineering (GE) has attracted much controversy. Proponents of GE claim humans have no choice but to develop it for solving problems related to overpopulation, including environmental degradation; critics charge the promise of GE is overblown […]

• Which DNA sequence will encode for at least five amino acids? Change three different bases separately (either by addition or deletion) and write the corresponding amino acid sequences that result from these modifications.• Which genetic disorder (other than Alzheimer’s disease, familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lewy […]

Cultural Anthropology Assignment Explore how the forces of globalization influenced the installation of water wells in less developed places like Africa. Define your assigned concept and include an appropriately formatted citation. Explain how installing water wells in remote villages represents an expression of your assigned concept. ( globalization) Discuss whether […]

1. The Drosophila genes scute, echinus and vestigial have as non-wild-type alleles sc (short for scute, or loss of certain thoracic bristles), ec (short for echinus, or roughened eye surface), and vg (short for vestigial wing). A wild-type true breeding fly is crossed with a triply recessive fly. The F1 […]