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- 15621: Gregor Mendel's Theories of Genetic Inheritance
- Gregor Mendel's Theories of Genetic Inheritance Gregor Mendel played a huge role in the underlying principles of genetic inheritance. He grew up in a Augustinian brotherhood where he learned agricultural training with basic education. He then went ... his interest in the causes of variation in plants. Then in 1857, Mendel began breeding garden peas in the abbey garen to study inheritance which lead to his law of Segregation and independent assortment. Mendel's Law of Segregation stated that the members of a paror of homologous chromosomes segregate during meiosis and are distributed to different gametes. This hypothesis can be divided into four main ideas. The first idea is ... sescond idea is that for each character, an organism inherits two genes, one form each parent. So this means that a homolohous loci may have matching alleles, as in the true-breeding plants of Mendel's P generation(parental). If the alleles differ, then there will be F hybrids. The third idea states that if the two alleles differ, the receessive allele will have no affect on the organism's ...
- 15622: Birth Defects
- ... genes out of 100,000 that make up who we are. This is caused by the genes parents pass on or effected by drugs and alcohol upon the fetus of a new born child. Down's syndrome, the most common genetic disease formerly known as mongolism, "occurs one in every six hundred births throughout the world" ( Storm 102). It is caused by chromosomal error, where there is an extra chromosome 21. Instead of have two chromosomes as does a normal individual, there are three. These children's features include up slanted eyelids, depressed foreheads, hearing loss, dental problems, poor speech development, heart disease and intestinal problems where surgery is required. Parents feel very helpless and guilty in many of these and similar ... The main organs severely affected are lungs, bones, spleen, kidneys, heart and brain. It is inherited and acquired only at birth. At the present time, there is no treatment that can eliminate the condition. Lorraine's first pregnancy seemed effortless. because she was only twenty-five and therefore not at high risk. besides, there was no history of congenital defects in either Lorraine's or her husband's family. Thus ...
- 15623: Teenage Years
- ... remember the truth about adolescence. Their minds "censor" their memories; and have them believe that being a teenager was was one big party, free of cares and responsibilities. Well let me say this, you couldnÕ t be more wrong if you had a lobotomy. There aren't that many adults around who realise what adolescence was really like. The anguish, the fear, the anxiety, the stress. People don't remember those problems because they want to forget them. The truth of the matter is, is that being a teenager is hard, right from the beginning, and it doesn't get any easier. We ...
- 15624: The Human Brain
- ... are the brain and the spinal chord. The system also includes nerves which sense external and internal stimuli and then relate all information to the central processing unit, i.e. the brain. Because of man's rapid evolution in technology and medicine, humans now know a great deal more about their own nervous system then they did even a few years ago. This increase in knowledge is partly due to the ... negative things. This can be observed in industrial pollution, destroyed natural habitats and uncontrollable diseases. This might be true in the case of the environment but not in the case of the diseases (And let's hope that the environment can be saved with additional and more dedicated research). Diseases always existed. They just have not been isolated before. And even today, there are no treatments available. There are many disorders ... They range from headaches to severe dementias. They have been discovered by various techniques described above. And they affect every single part of the nervous system. Some of the more well known diseases are Alzheimer's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, epilepsy and meningitis. Alzheimer's disease is the most important degenerative disease. It is a form of dementia, a type of disorder in which various tissues of the brain are gradually ...
- 15625: The Effects of Alcohol on People
- ... metabolized by the body, the body metabolizes alcohol at or around the rate of three fourths of an ounce to an ounce of whiskey an hour. (Pittman , page 1 ) Alcohol begins to impair the brain's ability to function when a person blood alcohol contain or B.A.C. reaches point zero five percent. Moderate or temperate use of alcohol of is not harmful to a person. Excessive or heavy drinking ... the pancreas are caused by alcoholism and heavy drinking. Some other health effects can be to a pregnant women who drinks heavily may give birth to there fetus or child that may have F.A.S. which is fetal alcohol syndrome. Fetal alcohol syndrome is a disease that effects characterized features. Fetal alcohol syndrome can be detective by the characterizes in the face like the child's lib , eyes, and nose. Fetal alcohol syndrome may also effect the body's abnormalities. ( Pittman , page 3 ) In other cases alcoholism or a serve drinking problem can impair the intellectual facilities. ( Pittman , page 3 ) ...
- 15626: The Nervous System: Brain and Spinal Cord
- ... is located on your lower back. It is made out of a big bundle of neuron and the purpose is to allow you to move. It helps you work, sleep and do things in today's world. The brain controls every thing in the body. It is in the top layer of your skull with jelly mass and has three parts. That's the end of the introduction of the spinal cord and brain. One of the parts of the nervous systems is the brain. The brain belongs to the section of nervous systems called the central nervous system or C.N.S. It is at the top of your head inside your skull. This soft jelly like mass has three parts. These three parts are called the cerebrum, cerebellum, and the medulla or brainstem. The function ...
- 15627: Indian Healing Beliefs
- ... preformed by those supposed to have the power to control spirit forces. Indians might call them such names as “mystery man”, “singer”, or the “wonderful”. White people called them “medicine men”. They were also priest's in leading the ceremonies and in preserving sacred objects. Charms and ceremonies varied from tribe to tribe with some treatments including the use of herbs and roots as medicines. They used charms and other ceremonials ... about traditions; medicine among American Indians that can be used as guidelines in understa nding tribal beliefs about illness and healing. Most tribes have the beliefs that their medicine people have “extra” that others don't. This power comes from varied sources: a visionary experience that leads one into the study of medicine, or being born into a family that includes generations of medicine people. Many tribes have both men and ... they each have distinct ways of doing their work. They are ‘medicine' in their cultures; learned, capable individuals who hold places of respect in their communities. One must be very careful when using the term's medicine man or women, healer, or shaman, because these are terms for concepts for which there are no direct translation from tribal languages. Each tribe has a particular title for its healers, a title ...
- 15628: Federalism
- ... Throughout the United States history, federalism has played a significant role in the constitution and the system of government adopted by the United States of America. Federalism has also changed throughout the course of America’s history to fit the constitution and the government. Montesquieu was a French philosopher who was very important in the American constitutional thought. He was a man who was referred to more that any other theoretical writer and wrote, "The Spirit of the Laws." Some of Montesquie’s theories or views were that the Republic form of government was only possible in small societies, a federal republic is where several societies, form to make a more new and enlarged society, and he believed the cure for internal strife within a country is commerce because it cures destructive prejudices and keeps people aware of their interdependence for comfort and security. Montesquieu’s greatest influence on the American constitution is his doctrines of separation of powers. In Montesquieu’s doctrines, he discusses the three distinctive branches of government. The actual people in each of the branches should ...
- 15629: Impeachment Proceedings On Clinton
- Impeachment Proceedings On Clinton We live our lives in history. History is all around us. It’s happening all the time. This incredible event is history slapping us in the face. This event is only the second of its kind in U.S. history. The event is the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd president of the United States. Some of the major players in this drama are Bill Clinton, who was impeached, under the charges of perjury ... and obstruction of justice. Monica Lewinsky is the woman with whom Clinton first denied, then admitted, an inappropriate relationship. Much of the publicity surrounding this event centered on Ms. Lewinsky. Hillary Clinton is Bill Clinton’s wife. During the impeachment she stepped forward in support of her husband and this has proven to be a political asset to the president. Kenneth Starr is the Republican lawyer who released his report ...
- 15630: The Presidential Election of 2000
- ... valid, others are almost ridiculous. They agree on the same Republican fundamental issues, but their views on how these goals should be reached vary greatly. Three issues in which this is evident are the candidate's views on taxes, Social Security preservation and reform, and education. Forbes and Bush's differing views on the issue of tax reform is probably the widest gap between them. Forbes plan is nothing short of radical. He feels that we should totally scrap the graduated income tax system that ... hard for Congress to raise taxes. Like many other Republicans, he supports the end of the marriage tax and with his plan, there would be no separate tax on savings, pensions, and capital gains. Bush's opinions on this subject are very different than Forbes'. On 1 December 1999 he unveiled his "tax plan for every American." These cuts, which will total $483 billion over five years, leave $103 billion ...
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