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Gene Summary
1,418 words, approx. 5 pages
A gene is the fundamental physical and functional unit of heredity. Whether in a microorganism or in a human cell, a gene is an individual element of an organism's genome and determines a trait or characteristic by regulating biochemical structure or...
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Gene Summary
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A gene is the fundamental physical and functional unit of heredity. It is an individual element of an organism's genome and determines a trait or characteristic by regulating biochemical structure or metabolic process. Genes are segments of nucleic...
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Gene : Biological Psychology
607 words, approx. 2 pages
A linear segment of DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA) containing a unique series of NUCLEOTIDES, which codes for the sequences of AMINO ACIDS in the PROTEINS required for CELL function. Genes are inherited by successive generations of cells and organisms,...
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Gene Summary
581 words, approx. 2 pages
Genes are the physical units of heredity and are located along each chromosome in the cells of the human body. For each physical trait--eye color, height, hair color--a person inherits two genes or two groups of genes, one from each parent. Because...
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Gene Information
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One of the four nucleotide bases in DNA or RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA or uracil in...
 


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Psychotherapy, Gene Pioneers Honored
9/16/2006: 372 words, approx. 1 pages
Pioneers in psychotherapy and cell biology and three scientists who discovered a crucial enzyme linked to cancer and aging are being awarded prestigious medical prizes. The $100,000 prizes from the Albert & Mary Lasker Foundation will be presented Friday in...
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CDC Releasing Gene Blueprints
8/23/2006: 457 words, approx. 2 pages
U.S. health officials have placed the genetic blueprints of more than 650 flu viruses into a public database, in an attempt to increase flu research and set an example for other nations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deposited...
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Duke scientists map 'silenced genes'
11/30/2007: 679 words, approx. 2 pages
Remember biology class where you learned that children inherit one copy of a gene from mom and a second from dad? There's a twist: Some of those genes arrive switched off, so there is no backup if the other copy goes bad, making you more...
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FDA suspends gene therapy study
7/26/2007: 461 words, approx. 2 pages
The government has suspended a Seattle company's gene therapy study _ and is reviewing the safety of 28 others around the country _ after learning that a patient died this week.The Food and Drug Administration didn't reveal the cause of death or any details about...
 


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How Genes are Controlled
871 words, approx. 3 pages
Essay examines the subject of how genes are controlled.


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