Biology - February 2007

I'm wondering: when do you think will be possible to create a working organism (single cell / plant / animal) on computer and then translate that into a DNA sequence that can be made a reallife organism? In short: when will there be DNA compilers, a programming language that can translate into a DNA?

I'm realy interested in this, I'm willing to ask this question untill I'm out of points so please, any info will be apreciated. A point to start from: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3214/01.html

And what coledges would you recomend to go to in order to help develop the science? Where to start from, there's a great deal of info on the net, just it rarely is organised. A first step would be: http://biologica.concord.org/webtest1/download.htm and a second: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ third: wikipedia but where to go from there?

2007-02-03 04:31:59 · 4 answers · asked by Mihai 2

...and can you decribe them for me?

2007-02-03 04:24:19 · 4 answers · asked by Ashley J 2

Can you tell me which animal is under the process of evolution right now? Also, can you also give me the web site where you found it? Thanks a lot!!

2007-02-03 04:13:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-03 04:02:18 · 4 answers · asked by dantefan200 1

As my gran just went up in a puff of smoke and made a mess of the sofa, so I need the info for insurance purposes!

2007-02-03 02:31:13 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just wondering - blood gives life - why not collect it from a warm dead body before burial.

2007-02-03 02:23:11 · 23 answers · asked by essa s 1

2007-02-03 01:34:57 · 3 answers · asked by >() 1

many people say spoken text..but i say written language..because anyone can talk to someone and try to get the gist of what theyre saying...but to write a letter and mail it..and have someone else understand it..thats amazing but wht do you think

2007-02-03 01:07:00 · 8 answers · asked by lil miss agony 3

2007-02-02 23:38:08 · 17 answers · asked by Anna S 1

Just wondering... Are hair cells alive? So if we give it nutrients and break it into tiny pieces like they do with plants, will they grow? Can hair reproduce?

2007-02-02 23:27:02 · 9 answers · asked by Radish 2

A 14-year old French girl had extraordinary electrical power. With a gentle touch she could knock over heavy pieces of furniture and people in physical contact with her received an electrical shock.

2007-02-02 23:26:50 · 2 answers · asked by enchou_48[SNHS] 1

2007-02-02 22:54:33 · 14 answers · asked by TT 2

2007-02-02 21:27:21 · 2 answers · asked by >() 1

2007-02-02 21:06:10 · 1 answers · asked by >() 1

2007-02-02 21:00:30 · 7 answers · asked by >() 1

2007-02-02 20:43:52 · 2 answers · asked by eus l 1

Is there a need for us to have colours visible in our sight whilst so many species see in b&w or even ultraviolet(bird & fish)?

2007-02-02 20:19:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Even if neither parent is caucasian?
Also is also possible for anyone to have an eye colour that is other than the normally seen blue green brown gray or black?

2007-02-02 19:30:56 · 8 answers · asked by Whore_of_Babylon 2

its true that humans have blood groupsA B AB and O. But do animals have such groups?if yes what are they ? or do they have blood groups different from ours?

2007-02-02 18:52:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why should one aim at using an annealing temperature (Ta) about 5oC below the lowest Tm of ther pair of primers to be used?

2007-02-02 18:02:07 · 3 answers · asked by KeenaUsas 1

Is there a difference between cytoplasmic streaming and cyclosis?

2007-02-02 17:41:45 · 2 answers · asked by kz 4

What I looked up:

The three broad categories of mammalian stem cells exist: embryonic stem cells, derived from blastocysts, adult stem cells, which are found in adult tissues, and cord blood stem cells, which are found in the umbilical cord. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell)

A gamete is a specialized germ cell that fuses with another gamete during fertilization (conception) in organisms that reproduce sexually. In species which produce two morphologically distinct types of gametes, and in which each individual produces only one type, a female is any individual which produces the larger type of gamete—called an ovum (or egg)—and a male produces the smaller type—called a spermatozoon (or sperm cell) in animals, and a pollen grain in higher plants.
The creation of gametes is gametogenesis, and during it gametocytes divide by meiosis into gametes. Organs that produce gametes are called gonads in animals, and archegonia or antheridia in plants. The term gamete comes from the ancient Greek γαμετης (spouse).
Gametes are haploid cells; that is, they contain one complete set of chromosomes (the actual number varies from species to species). When two gametes fuse (in animals typically involving a sperm and an egg), they form a zygote—a cell that has two complete sets of chromosomes and therefore is diploid. The zygote receives one set of chromosomes from each of the two gametes through the fusion of the two gamete nuclei. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamete)

[edit] Production of male gametes
Researchers at the Whitehead Institute announced in 2003 that they had successfully used embryonic stem cells to produce haploid, male gametes. They found embryonic stem cells that had begun to differentiate into embryonic germ cells and then further differentiated into the male haploid cells. When injected into oocytes, these haploid cells restored the somatic diploid complement of chromosomes and formed blastocysts in vitro.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryonic_stem_cell)

2007-02-02 17:27:12 · 3 answers · asked by raomega8 2

i would like to ask, how can we preserve RNA contents in animal tissue samples...how must we stored the tissues?what solution can be used?for how long?

2007-02-02 16:59:40 · 2 answers · asked by xharm7siot 1

2007-02-02 15:54:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Assumming that the Hardy-Weinberg law operates, how many individuals would exibit the AB blood groups for a population increase to 7100 individuals?

2007-02-02 15:43:27 · 4 answers · asked by chimstr 1

2007-02-02 15:35:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-02-02 15:14:56 · 7 answers · asked by David A 1

2007-02-02 14:59:56 · 9 answers · asked by miraclewhip 3

By "sexually specialized species," I mean: 2 and only 2 sexes, and unlike aphids, all offspring must have a male and female parent.

Think how far back on h.sapiens' evolutionary tree one must trace back before finding a species with multiple modes of reproduction (3 or even more genders, and/or self-fertilizing capability.)

How do all its (many) sexually specialized evolutionary descendants, in h.sapiens' lineage, generate new species, when offspring require 2 parents having complementary sets of chromosomes?

Do two complementarily genetically mutated individuals, a male and a female from EACH of the interval species, have to a) be at the same place and the same time b) successfully mate?

People with chromosomal abnormalities can't have kids, NOT because there aren't individuals with the same chromosomal abnormality--some are common--but because each individual with chromosomal abnormality is rendered infertile. Why then are 1st male/female of each new species fertile?

2007-02-02 14:53:56 · 4 answers · asked by miraclewhip 3