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Hace 4 días · At its most fundamental level, inheritance in organisms occurs by passing discrete heritable units, called genes, from parents to offspring. This property was first observed by Gregor Mendel, who studied the segregation of heritable traits in pea plants, showing for example that flowers on a single plant were either purple or white ...
Hace 6 horas · Lamarckism. Lamarck argued, as part of his theory of heredity, that a blacksmith 's sons inherit the strong muscles he acquires from his work. [1] Lamarckism, also known as Lamarckian inheritance or neo-Lamarckism, [2] is the notion that an organism can pass on to its offspring physical characteristics that the parent organism acquired through ...
Hace 3 días · DNA, organic chemical of complex molecular structure found in all prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. It codes genetic information for the transmission of inherited traits. The structure of DNA was described in 1953, leading to further understanding of DNA replication and hereditary control of cellular activities.
Hace 4 días · OMIM is a comprehensive, authoritative compendium of human genes and genetic phenotypes that is freely available and updated daily. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, under the direction of Dr. Ada Hamosh. Its official home is omim.org.
Hace 2 días · The origins of the concept began with certain interpretations of Mendelian inheritance and the theories of August Weismann. The word eugenics is derived from the Greek word eu ("good" or "well") and the suffix -genēs ("born"); Galton intended it to replace the word " stirpiculture ", which he had used previously but which had come to be mocked due to its perceived sexual overtones. [100]
Hace 5 días · Punnett Square - Part 1. A Punnett square is a diagram used to visualize the possible results of a mating and to predict the genotypic and phenotypic ratios for the offspring it produces. The generation of a Punnett square for a cross between a homozygous tall (TT) and a homozygous short (tt) individual is the subject of the first animation. In ...
Hace 2 días · Portia Labiata. Portia Labiata, a type of jumping spider, showcases remarkable problem-solving skills and strategic foresight in its approach to hunting. Diverging from the common web-dependent ...