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Chromosomes and It's Disorders

" The Exciting Nature of Chromosomes:Exploration, Structure and Diseases ." Chromosomes are threadlike structures that are the location of genetic information within a living cell nucleus. They are central component in genetic inheritance from parents to offspring. In this blog entry, we will explore the concept of chromosomes introduction and their structure going on to delve into the disorders associated with irregularities of these small but significant members of our cells. Chromosomes — The Discovery A discovery with chromosomes started in the late 19th century. Starting in 1879, because the cell divides, the nucleus of cells went through a series of changes; this was first noticed by the German anatomist Walther Flemming. He called these [changes] “mitosis” and spoke of the thread-like that resulted during this action as “chromosomes” But it was not then until the early 20th century that individuals realized the importance of chromosomes. In 1902...

Father of Genetics:Gregor Mendel

" Mendel's Discovery and its importance to our insight about genes and genetic disorders." INTRODUCTION  Gregor Mendel, a 19th century Czech monk who performed experiments with pea plants, is considered the "father of genetics." Mendel discovered the first laws of inheritance, which are the basic of modern genetics and our knowledge on genes and genetic diseases. Here we will discuss in detail Mendel's discovery about genetic disorders and its importance in our understanding. EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY MENDEL  Gregor Mendel experimented with cross-pollination of pea plants, wherein he investigated monirg and alleles for flower color, height,and seed shape. He observed what traits were passed on by each plant and its offspring, looking for inheritence patterns. Mendel in his experiments found out that fundamental laws of inheritance by following this: 1 . The Law of Segregation: During the formation of gametes, the alleles for a trait se...

Exploring Genes and Genetic Coding

INTRODUCTION  Genetics is indeed an enchanting field and genes as well as their genetic code help to identify what makes us, who we are. From the color of our eyes to things like height and our predisposition to various diseases, genes contain the blueprints for the design and operation of all living things. In this blog today, let us explore the genes and gene coding world graced with the basics to complexities but also exploration on the ongoing advances in it. Genes carry that information from a human generation to the next. They are stretches of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) which contain the information to make particular proteins, that help your body carry out a multitude of functions. Genes are string of nucleotides that make up DNA, the bricks for genes. The information is written into this sequence of nucleotides which serve as the genetic code from which proteins are made. Genetic Coding:How does it work? Genetic coding is the translation of a gene's...