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SNP Polymorphysim Microarray Chip - How to Test a Person's DNA
By: HWC, Views: 4767
To test a person's DNA, a researcher first needs a source of tissue. Most of the cells in a blood sample are red blood cells, which lack nuclei, but there are also a number of white blood cells, which do contain nuclei and chromosomal DNA. If we could see a particular DNA sequence in these cel...
Effect of the environment on coat color in the Himalayan rabbit Animation
By: HWC, Views: 1024
An organism's phenotype—the combination of traits that we observe—is the product of interactions between its genotype and the environment. For example. a Himalayan rabbit is completely white at birth. But within weeks, the fur on the rabbits ears, nose, tail. and lower legs darkens. The...
Mendel's Principles of Dominance, Segregation and Independent Assortment
By: HWC, Views: 4881
Mendel selected true-breeding parents with contrasting traits, for example, purple and white flower color, and performed reciprocal crosses by choosing pollen from one parent and hand pollinating the seed-forming parent with this pollen. A cross-fertilization resulted from this procedure. In t...
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