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84Genotype and Phenotype : the secret behind our characters and traits
The feature that are coded in our chromosome and responsible for all our characters is called Genotype and those which are only responsible for exterior look are called Phenotype.
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75How to Calculate Genetic Drift
Genetic drift explains how and why neutral mutations change in frequency in a population. But what is Genetic drift? And where does bottlenecking and the founder effect fit in? This hub has the answers
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81Genetics of Cat Coats, Why Siamese Kittens are Darker in Cool Temperatures and Calico Cats are Female.
Much is known about the genetics underlying the colour of the coat of different cat breeds. There are simple but elegant scientific explanations for the point colouration of siamese cats and why calico cats are female. Did you know that siamese cats are born completely white and develop colour in the extremities after birth? Or that siamese cats in cold climates are usually darker than those living in hot countries? Read on to find out why.
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81Genetics Review and test/quiz for SBI3U
Factual and to the point information on the Genetics unit for SBI3U, and a quiz is given at the end. Resources, external links, also are available.
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64Basic Ball Python Genetics
Remember back in high school biology when you were studying genetics using pea plants to determine what colors their flowers could be? Did your eyes glaze over? Did you ever think that you would use any type...
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68Reaction to The Orchid Theory
David Dobbs in the article Orchid children, published in Atlantic Monthly, December of 2009, makes the case that the vulnerability hypothesis is incomplete. This missing portion is the possibility that the...
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60Cystic Fibrosis: What causes it?
What causes Cystic Fibrosis? The answer is a genetic mutation in a specific gene in which the amino acid sequence differs from the typical sequence of normal channel protein.
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54Why Have Sex?
A dumb question, you may think: sex has all sorts of uses, not least the procreation of life. Remember, however, that the first living things were unicellular, almost certainly reproducing a...
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65The concept of Genetic Polymorphism
Many loci are characterized by a number of relatively common alleles that allow members of a naturally occurring population to be categorized into sharply distinct phenotypes. Genetic polymorphism is defined as the occurrence of multiple alleles at...
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78The U.S. Secret Virus Program
Eleven years ago, Boyd Graves a lawyer and 1975 graduate of the US Naval Academy discovered he was HIV AIDS positive. Rather than lay down and accept it as a death sentence, he resolved to learn ...
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