Post by waterjag on May 17, 2006 10:47:53 GMT -5
Ah, where to begin, well with a warm up...and how does one warm up their genetics?
Well that differs from person to person, for me, for instance, I could warm up by talking about it in this way.
Each person's warm-up is unique, as is each person's genetics.
Apart from twins, as is my understanding...or clones.
What use is genetics to us? Or why do we want glow in the dark mice and tobacco? Apart from the handy lighting a cigarette in the dark...How do they manage to splice genes anyway?
My understanding goes like this: We can remove a selected portion of genes from an organism and determine what the genes accounted for in the lack of any expressive characteristics. Then one may introduce this genetic material into a foriegn organism in the form of a virus that can infect and deposit the genes into what it affects.
So in example, we remove the glow gene in a jellyfish and put the gene into a virus, then introduce the virus into a tobacco plant, and the tobacoo plant should start glowing.
How can this benefit us?
Many ways...We can treat diseases that are genetic in nature, such as brain diseases that result in the early detioration of the brain or bone diseases where the bones break down. This may be due to the body not having the correct gene to produce the correct chemical.
We can also use genetics in more (spurious?) ways such as genetical modyfying ourselves. Our genes cause our bodies to be the way that we are. SO if we want to change our bodies, we can target the specific genes and change them.
Different viruses target different genes, and we can tell what genes they target by the affect of the virus, for example the cold virus targets the mucus producing airways and the lungs if it develops into pnuemonia. the AIDS virus targets the immune system and prevents the immune system from fighting back.
What is a gene anyway?
Genes are part of our DNA or (forgive me if I spell this wrong) deoxyrhybonucleic acid. This is a molecule formed from four elements, carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and maybe phosphorus (I am not sure of the fourth element).
The DNA field...
how many fields are there in an object? Well we all know of the electron field, this is what makes contact when two mediums touch. From my understanding also, there is a field that we don't notice generated by inside an atom (this probably decides how and when the molecule interacts with improbability fields) and we can't forget the gravity field.
What does this all mean? Well, we can't see these things with our naked eye, but they determine the shape of DNA.
To warm down now, we have the molecule's shape and it is quite fascinating. genetics is a basis of life and perhaps, because of the phosphorous in it, it might be responsible for spontaneaus combustion, so I am afraid that I have to leave it at that
Please tell me if I have missed anything out.
my three step path.
Jacques
Well that differs from person to person, for me, for instance, I could warm up by talking about it in this way.
Each person's warm-up is unique, as is each person's genetics.
Apart from twins, as is my understanding...or clones.
What use is genetics to us? Or why do we want glow in the dark mice and tobacco? Apart from the handy lighting a cigarette in the dark...How do they manage to splice genes anyway?
My understanding goes like this: We can remove a selected portion of genes from an organism and determine what the genes accounted for in the lack of any expressive characteristics. Then one may introduce this genetic material into a foriegn organism in the form of a virus that can infect and deposit the genes into what it affects.
So in example, we remove the glow gene in a jellyfish and put the gene into a virus, then introduce the virus into a tobacco plant, and the tobacoo plant should start glowing.
How can this benefit us?
Many ways...We can treat diseases that are genetic in nature, such as brain diseases that result in the early detioration of the brain or bone diseases where the bones break down. This may be due to the body not having the correct gene to produce the correct chemical.
We can also use genetics in more (spurious?) ways such as genetical modyfying ourselves. Our genes cause our bodies to be the way that we are. SO if we want to change our bodies, we can target the specific genes and change them.
Different viruses target different genes, and we can tell what genes they target by the affect of the virus, for example the cold virus targets the mucus producing airways and the lungs if it develops into pnuemonia. the AIDS virus targets the immune system and prevents the immune system from fighting back.
What is a gene anyway?
Genes are part of our DNA or (forgive me if I spell this wrong) deoxyrhybonucleic acid. This is a molecule formed from four elements, carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and maybe phosphorus (I am not sure of the fourth element).
The DNA field...
how many fields are there in an object? Well we all know of the electron field, this is what makes contact when two mediums touch. From my understanding also, there is a field that we don't notice generated by inside an atom (this probably decides how and when the molecule interacts with improbability fields) and we can't forget the gravity field.
What does this all mean? Well, we can't see these things with our naked eye, but they determine the shape of DNA.
To warm down now, we have the molecule's shape and it is quite fascinating. genetics is a basis of life and perhaps, because of the phosphorous in it, it might be responsible for spontaneaus combustion, so I am afraid that I have to leave it at that
Please tell me if I have missed anything out.
my three step path.
Jacques