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…thought that human HIV viruses resulted from cross- species transmission namely from some sort of ape or monkey to humans. HIV2 is linked to a simian immunodeficiency virus found in a monkey. Chimpanzee genetics are more than 98% identical to human…

…person in history. Nobel Prize winning scientist and national hero, Nathan Clive Barclay, met those high standards and posthumously sired a clone from his preserved DNA. Unfortunately, all that genetic potential has soured in his clone, Clive. Feeling…

…is now recognized as one of the more common genetic disorders. More than a quarter of a million Americans have HD or are "at risk" of inheriting the disease from an affected parent. HD affects as many people as Hemophilia, Cystic Fibrosis or muscular dystrophy…

…Hemophilia Hemophilia is a genetic blood disease, which is characterized by the inability of blood to clot, or coagulate even from minor injuries. This disease is caused by an insufficiency of certain blood proteins, called factors, that participate…

…Still an ongoing controversy today, does one's environmental raising or their genetic traits influence their sexuality? I, myself, personally believe that one is born with the sexuality they will lean toward when old enough to make the choice…

…Evolution is an unpredictable and natural process of temporal descent with genetic modifications that is affected by natural selection, chance, and changing environments. An easier more simplified definition is a change in the gene pool of a population…

…. It is only in the last few years that the number of babies born with Down's syndrome has been accurately recorded. In 1959 Professor Lejeune proved that Down's syndrome is a genetic condition caused by the presence of an extra chromosome. The body consists…

…of this work, we address four relevant topics. One of the first questions that arises in considering whether affinity as a protected class is whether sexual affinity is genetically predetermined or if it is a choice. The argument has been made that affinity…

…Mendel made several significant contributions to the world of genetics. The first was his discovery of the recessive and dominant traits of "heritable traits" or genes, as we now call them. He found, by breeding pea plants, that certain genes were…

…; genetic/neurological factors and social/psychological factors. There is very little substantial evidence for genetic factors in unipolar depression, but reasonable strong evidence in bipolar (manic) depression. Twin studies provide rather convincing evidence…