This book summarizes the monumental events of the development of biotechnology. While living in an era emerged with two technologies, biotechnology and information technology, the author pointed out an important view that sciences or technologies are not developed in a day but they need a lot of mis...

The Family Curse Every family has a curse, and mine is no different. My father's bloodline carries PKD: Polycystic Kidney Disease. I did not ask to be born with it, just as my father had not, but genetics had other ideas. This disease has taken my grandfather and my father's health. At the...

Human Genome Project The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international 13 year effort that began in October of 1990. The main objective of the project is to map the entire human DNA sequence. The project was planned to last 15 years, but rapid technological advances have moved the completion dat...

In the middle of this century, bot biological and cultural anthropology experiences a major change in theory. In biological anthropology, biological anthropologists adopted an approach which focused on the gene. They saw the human evolution as the process of genetic adaptation to the environ...

Gregory Mendel was born in Heinzeindorf Austria in 1822. Mendel parents were very poor, t hats why he worked as a gardener. But he didn't let that affect him. Mendel was an excellent student at Olmutz Philosophical Institute. Mendel was so good in school he went on to become a teacher. Back t...

Gregor Johann Mendel was born on July 22, 1822 in Heinsendorf, Austria (which is in the present-day Czech Republic) to peasants ("Mendel, Gregor"). In 1843, Mendel entered the monastery of St. Thomas in Brunn, Austria (which is in the present-day Czech Republic) ("Mendel, Gregor Johan...

If there is no variation or it is only acquired, then evolution can not occur. Evolution is described as the gradual change of a species caused by variation in genetics into a new species. Therefore, without variation there is no change to the species, and without change there is no evolution. Al...

The science of biology has evolved to the point today that an animal's basic nature can be quickly and permanently changed by altering its generic structure. The possibilities that the genetic engineering of animals can bring us is endless; from the Harvard-Dupont mouse prone to developing ca...

What is the Human Genome Project? To understand the HGP one must know what a genome is. A genome is all the DNA in an organism including its genes. The genes carry information for making all the proteins needed by all organisms. The proteins establish what the organisms look like, how it fights infe...

Are we who we are–athletic or artistic, quick-tempered or calm, shy or outgoing, energetic or laid back-because of our genetic inheritance or because of our upbringing? This question about the importance of nature vs. nurture, or heredity versus environment, has been asked in one form o...

Begun in 1990, the U.S. Human Genome Project is a 13-year effort coordinated by the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. The project originally was planned to last 15 years, but effective resource and technological advances have accelerated the expected completion date to 2003...

The pace of development in science and medicine is extremely rapid. Medicinal practices have advanced so far as to treat once devastating illnesses and have even evolved into a way to alter human genetic codes and structures. But when do these milestones cross the line of being ethical? How do we ch...

Ethical and Societal Dimensions of Cloning Technology became more important and more effective in society than ever since the Industrial Revolution, and people began to argue ethical and societal problems caused by technology. After the possibility of human cloning raised when ...

Genetic Catastrophe "While the 20th century was shaped largely by spectacular breakthroughs in the field of physics and chemistry, the 21st century will belong to the biological sciences. Scientists around the world are quickly deciphering the genetic code of life, unlocking the mystery of b...

Interest is growing in the application of evolutionary and genetic behavioral ecological theory to problems of human lifetimes age specific fertility and mortality, population growth, and emerging population-environment interactions. An understanding of human evolution, particularly the effects of e...

Human Genome Project When I first heard of the Human Genome Project I thought it was just some minor study of the human DNA. As I dug into it more, I learned that it is a very enormous study led by the DOE (U.S. Department of Energy) and the National Institute of Health . The study started in 1...

Can we and should we clone humans? Cloning humans has recently become a possibility that seems much more feasible in today's society than it was twenty years ago. It is a method that involves the production of a group of identical cells or organisms that all derive from a single individual. Changes ...

Genetic Engineering: The FrontierScience is a still somewhat obscure creature that continues to evolve, radically changing the face of mankind perhaps faster than it's creator. The magnificent world of science has witnessed many profound breakthroughs and advances in this past century, but none as n...

Jean Baptiste LamarckThe French Naturalist Jean Baptiste Lamarck pronounced the first comprehensive theory of evolution in the beginnings of the 19th century. His theory, the theory of acquired characteristics, had three parts and is as follows:1)Theory of need- the production of a new organ or part...

Human Genome ProjectThe Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international 13 year effort that began in October of 1990. The main objective of the project is to map the entire human DNA sequence. The project was planned to last 15 years, but rapid technological advances have moved the completion date ...

ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA reproduction process by which organisms replicate themselves. In a general sense reproduction is one of the most important concepts in biology: it means making a copy, a likeness, and thereby providing for the continued existence of species. Although...

Often called the "Father of Modern Genetics", Gregor Mendel gains his fame as the man who discovered the basic principles of heredity. Even though his research with pea plants was revolutionary, it was so ingenious and unparalleled at the time that it was disregarded. It took 34 years fo...

In this essay I will tell you about Gregor Mendel. I will tell you what he contributed to the study of heredity, when he conducted this work, if he relied on work or used any ideas from previous scientists, how their work impacted future scientists, and I will be telling you about any other interes...

Molecular Biotechnology in Our Life If you have had a can of soft drink, ate a fruit, or took some head ache medicine this morning - then it's very likely you have used a genetically enhanced product. Genetics is a part of biotechnology that manipulates biological organisms to make products...

Shannon Lewis English 125 October 10, 2000TITLE"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them." David Hume - Scottish philosopherEach of us arrives in this world quite by chance. The genetic baggage that we bring is not of our choosing. It has been packed for us, by a comp...