Essays on Genetics

Genetically modified (GM) crops have consistently increased recently. In 1994, the first commercial genetically modified crops were planted. A significant area of GM crops was planted which was approximately 1.66 million hectares in 1996. Since 1996, there has been a large increase in planting, and...

To begin with, those who argue that psychopaths are born may refer to the study conducted by the scientists from ‘the Kings College London’s Institute of Psychiatry’ in which magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans used to assess the levels of grey matter in the sixty-six...

Psychopathy is traditionally defined as a personality disorder characterised by persistent antisocial behaviour, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, egotistical traits. There have long been discussions about whether a psychopath is born or made, by which the suggestion is that a person has either...

Traveling into outer space and seeing the earth from an entirely different perspective sounds so exciting. However, once they leave the earth’s magnetic field, astronauts are exposed to radiation from the sun and other galaxies. This radiation is a made up of high-energy particles, high-energy...

Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are a group of neurodegenerative diseases with progressive degeneration of motor neurons (MNs) that lead to muscle weaknesses, loss of ambulation, and chronic disability, ultimately causing premature death in patients (Cappella et al., 2019). Two representative examples are spinal muscular atrophy...

The purpose of the investigation was to examine the correlation of enzyme production in response to the evolutionary impact of AMY1 gene copy numbers in individuals. Based upon research obtained in previous studies, there was an assumed positive correlation between gene copy numbers and the...

The term Eugenics was first brought to existence in 1883 by Francis Galton. The theory was a moral philosophy used to improve the evolution of humans. This was done through encouraging the most healthy and able people to give birth to more children. The major...