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Gonadal Dysgenesis

Synopsis Genetic abnormalities often have distinct...

Genetic Research, Trend Towards Personalized Medicine

envisioned as means to optimize care, taking it to a new level of quality. The technologies associated with this trend have result...

Ethics of Gene Therapy

have become capable of changing genets. Genetic research is the latest large area of study in the broader field of genetics. While...

The Genetic Basis of Anxiety Disorders

Bouton, Mineka and Barlow (2001, 4) comment: "Anxiety, an anticipatory emotional state that functions to...

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS: DANVILLE AIRLINES

The problem with genetic testing is that it only reveals a genetic predisposition for a particular disease. David Reigers father h...

Law, Genetics, and Insurance Testing

have a disease, rather then the disease itself. ` These two cases are not rare. They represent a prevailing concern of legislatur...

Brook and Tseng's Research on the Correlation Between Negativity and Anger in Toddlers and Drug Use by Parents

regard to how that behavior impacted their child. Under the third hypothesis, the interdependent model hypothesis, parental perso...

Alcoholism and Children of Alcoholics

of alcoholics. To prove that children of alcoholics are more likely to physiologically be alcoholic themselves provides added supp...

Impact of Stress on Diabetes

and Baron Josef von Mering removed the pancreas of a dog in 1889 to see if it were an essential organ. Their early attempts to fe...

How Cultures Play A Role Where Emotions Are Concerned

only one child per family --otherwise leaving the parents to face fines, taxes and the absence of governmental support -- has been...

Genetic Influence on Elite Athletic Performance

of the test in making an educated guess as to a childs athletic future when a child is below age 9 (Lite). In other words, the tes...

The Ethics of Genetic Testing

no matter what the results are, they would not terminate the pregnancy. Hence, this debate in part has to do with the consequences...

Developing a Genetic Vaccine for Malaria

pathogen"; that is, they have to be able to counter the disease if it mutates (Ivory and Chadee, 2004). As noted above, its been d...

Homosexuality: Choice Or Biological Predisposition?

beliefs" (Foner et al, 1991). The act of ridiculing gays and lesbians even back then has made it difficult for them in todays wor...

Genetic Diversity and the Origin of Life

According to one theory, the universe and its components were formed in a single cataclysmic explosion between ten and twenty mill...

DISCRIMINATION SUITES BASED ON GENETICS

The question we need to ask ourselves here, however, is whether such discrimination, legally, can already take place. The National...

Differing Viewpoints on Cloning

Should cloning be allowed? How about for humans? Should we be able to design our own children? Who owns genetic material? The poss...

Breeding Plants and Genetic Marker Uses

the story. The old fashioned way of plant breeding entailed crossing parent plants that had desirable characteristics, like resi...

Techniques of Biotechnological Transformation

In six pages genetic manipulation and breeding of plants are examined in this overview of biotechnology and techniques of transfor...

Human Genetic Mapping Research, Pros and Cons

In twelve pages this paper discusses the research into human genetic mapping and evaluates pro and con arguments surrounding the i...

Sexual Preference and Genetics

In eight pages this paper examines heterosexuality v. homosexuality in terms of genetic basis proof. Five sources are cited in th...

Biological Evolution and Cultural Evolution Compared and Contrasted

In five pages the ways in which the human population has been shaped by evolution is examined in a coparative analysis of genetic ...

Contemporary World and Genetic Competence

In five pages this paper examines the practice of genetic competence in this informational discussion. Seven sources are cited in...

Personality Theory of Hans Eysenck

In two pages this paper examines the genetic determinants that are a part of Eysenck's theory of personality with such concepts as...

A Proposed Adolescent Alcohol Use Assessment

In eight pages the environmental and genetic causes of teen alcohol usage are featured prominently in this study proposal based up...

Workplace and Genetic Testing

In eight pages this paper discusses employer use of genetic testing and the related legal, moral, ethical, and financial issues. ...

Patau's Syndrome: Trisomy 13

of their facial expressions are indicative of the condition, although the public often looks upon them as being somewhat unusual. ...

Adolescent and Child Obesity

In eleven pages the problem of obesity in American children is examined in terms of adolescent health risks and causes that includ...

Genetic Predisposition and Alcoholism

In five pages alcoholism is examined from a genetic perspective and psychological and biological aspects are employed as supportiv...

Genetic Predetermination and the Actions of Adolf Hitler

In fifteen pages this paper speculates on whether or not genetic predisposition could explain Hitler's actioins and what role if a...