Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gene Knockout, Recombinant Dna, Genetic Engineering
2 Oct 2016
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Were humans: a result of divine assistance directly, indirectly or without divine assistance. Darwin was unable to identify the genetics behind evolution. Mendel well controlled experiment with various characteristics. Protein"s turn on and off the expression of genes. Find out which genes turn a certain disease/syndrome on or off and how to investigate the proteins that influence this behavior. Some traits are kept in our genetic makeup because it is advantageous for the organism in its environment over time. Nature"s past successes often remain part of our genetic toolbox. Does not take into account the interactions of other gene to get desired phenotype. If high, then differences are due to genetics, not to environment. Private school boys all with similar environment backgrounds but different genetically. If low, then differences are due to environment, not genetics. Clones have same genetics but can have different environments.
