February 2, 2014 Medical Science
RNA and DNA are two types of nucleic acids. The differences between these two molecules involve their chemical composition and, sometimes, their structure. RNA stands for ribonucleic acid, and DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. As the names imply, one difference…
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February 2, 2014 Earth Science
The sky holds many wonders. The old familiar ones like the stars and Milky Way and the moon, or puffy clouds that look like dragons and rainbows and sunbeams…well, most everyone are familiar with those sights. Rarer are such optical…
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February 2, 2014 Medical Science
Alleles are different versions of the same gene. In popular every day usage, when people talk of “a gene for something” they often mean what is correctly called “allele”. There is no gene for blue eyes, for example, or gene…
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February 2, 2014 Medical Science
High school level genetics is usually a study of the basics of genetic theory and DNA structure. Though college level classes have the facilities and resources to conduct more advanced, and yet still somewhat basic, projects, high school resources would…
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February 2, 2014 Earth Science
Drought is a common and serious problem for many severely dry places in the world. In order to combat this problem there have been drought mitigation strategies put in place that will help alleviate this naturally occurring condition. The land…
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February 2, 2014 Medical Science
Trying to define behavioral genetics can be difficult. In simple terms, it is the study of genetics in relation to the outward behavior of an organism that is seen. So in other words, it is the study of the hereditary factors of behavior….
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February 2, 2014 Medical Science
Gene expression is the process of protein formation. Proteins are the molecules that are responsible for enabling us to live. They carry out majority of the processes that are important for life, as they include enzymes, transcription factors and the…
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February 2, 2014 Medical Science
There are literally millions of diseases and there are many different types of diseases from infectious and contagious diseases to congenital diseases along with acute and chronic diseases. Anything that causes a human pain, distress, social problems or dysfunction can…
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February 2, 2014 Medical Science
Alcoholism and its genetic component has yet to be determined, it is still under study by the Medical and Psychiatric societies. Is the child of an alcoholic more likely to become an alcoholic, then the child of a non-alcoholic parent? It does…
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February 2, 2014 Earth Science
Marble is a metamorphic rock used in the most beautiful and famous sculptures and structures in the world. Sedimentary carbonate rocks, most commonly limestone and dolomite, become marble through the process of metamorphism. Metamorphism is the process of heat and pressure…
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