Strongest Boi in the World Flashcards
I can explain how our knowledge of genetics may lead us to an era of elite athletes
We can use genetics to alter the genes of athletes and turn off and on certain genes that will make them more elite
I can explain how our knowledge of genetics may alter the field of agriculture
We can genetically alter animals so that they produce more meat for less. Like the cows that have the anti-myostatin genes and make the cows have more muscle and less fat
I can explain how mt DNA and Y chromosome analysis are used to develop a picture of the migration of ancient humans across the globe
MtDNA-> Mitochondrial DNA-> DNA int he mitochondria that mothers pass to children and can be used to determine the rough timing and order that the ancestors of current people diverged
YDNA-> make inheritance on the y chromosome.
Both are used to track migration of ancient humans across the globe. They do this by seeing the pattern of inheritance across the globe. They can track the genes back and back to the originator and see how each generation moved across the globe from the originator
I can explain the connections between the major species in the genus Homo
All of the species in the genus Homo all evolved from the same ancestor
I can support the argument that there is little DNA evidence for the idea of race
There is little DNA evidence for the idea of race because there is so much variation within the races and the races are as diverse as the population. People differ too much for there to be/ for us to find similarities among races. Race doesn’t mean different species.
I can explain how blood typing helped support our understanding of the idea of race
Blood type was first thought to determine race, but Lewonton said that blood type doesn’t correlate with race. Lewonton said the distribution or variant biochemical markers within any putative human race was almost as wide as the difference as mean distribution of the same marker any two putative races
I can explain how research done by scientists in the past is important to research done today
The findings of Griffith, Avery, Watson and Crick, Franklin and Wilkins, Chargaff, ect has allowed for use to do DNA research to fix genetic disorders that are caused by DNA. The scientists found out about and studied how DNA works and we applied that knowledge and used it in our new genetic disorder findings
I can explain how research on model organisms can help aid in our understandings of human genetics
Because it is unethical to study and toy with human genetics, we study and manipulate the genomes of animals that have similar genomes/genes so that we can infer how certain genes affect humans based off of those findings. For example, we still don’t know what gene contributes to long life. Limited diet and alteration in genes led to longer life spans in C. Elegans
I can explain how society’s view of intelligence has changed in the face of genetic evidence
We have learned that skull size does not correlate with intelligence. We have also learned that gender difference does not influence intelligence much, smart people don’t have other flaws-> fragility
I can explain how our knowledge of genetics has changed the way in which disorders and diseases are viewed and treated
Genetics changed if we think certain diseases and treatable or not. Genetics allows us to analyze disease to determine if and how to treat diseases. We do research on other organisms to hear about our own diseases and how to treat them. The research we’re doing for those diseases and how that helps up. We study other organisms to learn about our own diseases
I can discuss the social and ethical implications of genetic disorders
If you have a genetic disorder, you might not be able to function as a normal person. If you have a genetic disorder then people might avoid you because you seem strange or are dying. Health insurance, people think research is unethical. Employment problems. Health insurance companies will deny you insurance. People think research on eggs/embryos is unethical. Some people will distance from you if they know you have a disease
I can explain how our understanding of plant and animal genomes has impacted our understanding of human genetics
Because human genome is so similar to that of animals and plants, when we learn about the genomes of plants and animals, we learn about our own genomes as well. We can study cat diseases (leukemia, aids, hypotrophic, myocardiopathy) we study dog’s diseases (muscle distorphy, cancer) to gain insight to our own. The jackson memorial lab is a lab of mice with diseases similar to human diseases
I can summarize the successes and faliures of plant and animal cloning
Cloned almost every animal that we talked about. Faliures is that they didn’‘t always do them successfully. Snuppy the dog
I can explain how genetic markers can be used to determine relationships between people and how DNA can be used to determine how closely different humans are related
Haplotypes are passed down and that shows relationships. mtDNA and y-chromosome DNA is passed mother to child (mt) and father to son (y), which shows familial relationships
I can compare and contrast the use of mtDNA and y-chromosome evidence in understanding genetics of the past and present
mtDNA is used to find if people are related through female ancestors if they have the same mitochondrial/similar mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome is passed father to son and you can tell if males are related. We use this in the present to see who we are related to (paternity/maternity tests) and in the past to see if people were related (Antoinette and the dauphine)
