Слайд 1Bezruckova Olga
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Genetics as a science
Слайд 2Plan
Introduction
Genetics
What is genetics?
About our organism (cells, DNA, RNA,
chromosomes, protein)
Genes
Heredity
3. Genetics as a science
Cloning
4. Conclusion
Слайд 3Genetics is a discipline of biology, the science of genes,
heredity, and variation in living organisms.
What is genetics?
Слайд 4About our organism: cells
Cell is the basic structural, functional and
biological unit of all known living organisms.
Слайд 5A chromosome is a structure of DNA, protein, and RNA
found in cells.
About our organism: chromosomes
Слайд 6About our organism: DNA
DNA is a molecule that encodes the
genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all
known living organisms and many viruses.
Слайд 7About our organism: RNA
RNA is a ubiquitous family of large
biological molecules that perform multiple vital roles in the coding,
decoding, regulation, and expression of genes.
Слайд 8Protein are large biological molecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one
or more chains of amino acid residues.
About our organism:
protein
Слайд 9Genes
A gen is the molecular unit of heredity of a
living organism. It is used extensively by the scientific community
as a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA.
Слайд 10Heredity
Heredity is the passing of traits to offspring from its
parents or ancestor. This is the process by which an
offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parents cell or organism.
Слайд 11Genetics as a science
Initially genetics studied General laws of heredity
and variability on the basis of phenotypic data.
Слайд 12Genetics as a science
The understanding of the mechanisms of heredity,
which are the roles of genes as elementary carriers of
hereditary information, the chromosome theory of heredity, etc. became possible with application to the problem of heredity methods of Cytology, molecular biology and other related disciplines.
Слайд 13Genetics as a science: experiment
At an institute of pharmaceutical engineering
Virginia, USA, scientists injected pigs with a human gene that
produces a protein called Factor VIII. The fourth generation of these pigs will possibly produce enough Factor VIII in their milk to supply the world’s demand.
Слайд 14Genetics as a science: cloning
Cloning is another important topic. From
a few cells scientists can produce cartilage. But in the
future we could clone and manipulate people.
Слайд 15Our problem is always the same. People disagree about what
is ethical and what is not.