Genetics

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2012-02-03 Genetics - Stem Cells:

Hi Ryan,    Stem cells, as you know, are the topic of opinionated debate around the world. With increasing study and awareness, we are discovering endless possibilities of stem cell benefits.     The controversy

2012-01-28 Genetics - genetics:

Hello Aisha!    Unfortunately this is one of those topics that you can write entire books about, so I'm not sure what you're looking for.  At its most basic, genetic information is passed two ways, mitosis

2012-01-10 Genetics - Genetic Testing & Appearance:

Hi Mike!    I hate to disappoint, but scientists are still trying to figure out how all the genes work together to result in beautiful you. We've gotten to the point where we mostly have named all the

2012-01-07 Genetics - What kinds of Genome project does humanity have?:

Hello Xcislav!    Viral genomes are typically small; around 8000 base pairs. (Compare this to the couple-billion base pairs in each human cell.) This means that determining their sequences is not terribly

2012-01-05 Genetics - dna:

Historically it's been a mystery whether or not 'more DNA' was 'Better DNA'. For awhile we humans thought that for an organism as complex as a human we'd need lots of DNA for our programming, so there