Tutoring biology, the concept of dominance comes up relating to genetics. The tutor gives a simple explanation. Continuing with concepts from my post on genes and alleles, dominance seems logical to visit next. The following is a simplification. Let’s imagine …
Tutoring biology, terms come up. The tutor mentions polymorphism. In comp-sci circles, you might hear about polymorphism connected with object oriented programming. Yet, polymorphism is also a thing in genetics. Polymorphism, in genetics, refers to the idea that a given …
Tutoring biology, genetic terms come up. The tutor mentions homologous recombination. Homologous recombination happens when a segment of foreign DNA is brought in to replace the corresponding local DNA. Perhaps the easiest case to think of is when two DNA …
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Tutoring biology, terms come up. The tutor mentions plasmid. In cell biology, a plasmid is a section of DNA outside of and independent from the cell’s chromosomes. A plasmid may contain genes not found in the chromosomes of its host. …