Cryptorchidism

Inbreeding is an extremely controversial topic of debate that has been around since biblical times. The most extreme form of inbreeding is incest, which is primarily between first cousins and second-first cousins.  Inbreeding is practiced for many different reasons including royalty, religion, culture, socioeconomic class, geographic isolation, and small populations. Possibly the most dramatic instance of incest for reasons of royalty was within Habsburg Dynasty. The Habsburg Dynasty was one of the

Seeing all the flaws in other people, Hitler persecuted more than 6 million people in total during his dictatorship. Most of the people innocent and having nothing to do with why he was angry at the world. Hitler saw all the things he believed had hurt the nation and he said that if another world war were to begin that it would end with the elimination of Jews in Europe. He used the Jews as a scapegoat to why there was an economic crisis and to why Germany had lost World War 1. Although Hitler had

Trisomy 13, or Patau Syndrome, is caused by the presence of three chromosome copies on chromosome 13. An extra copy of chromosome 13 causes the majority of cases. Some cases are caused by a Robertsonian translocation between chromosome 13 and other autosomes such as chromosomes 15, 21, and 22. According to Bishra & Clericuzio "Trisomy 13 is the third most common autosomal trisomy, with an incidence of 1 per 10,000" (Bishara & Clericuzio, 2008, p. 30). It is comprised mainly of defects of the

Mutations in MSX1 gene cause a verity of diseases. Mutations hit different sites on msx1 that resulted in different phenotypes. It has been identified some mutations’ locations such as in frame mutations, including 18 missense mutations and truncating mutations, including 5 nonsense mutations, 5 indel mutations, 1 splice variant, 1 nonstop variant, and 1 entire gene deletion. Farther, some of these mutations disturb the homeodomain and some don’t but located in N terminus protein. The indel mutations

Mutations in the MSX1 gene cause a variety of diseases. Mutations hit different sites on msx1 that resulted in different phenotypes. It has been identified some mutations’ locations such as in frame mutations, including 18 missense mutations and truncating mutations, including 5 nonsense mutations, 5 indel mutations, 1 splice variant, 1 nonstop variant, and 1 entire gene deletion. Farther, some of these mutations disturb the homeodomain and some don’t but located in N terminus protein. The indel

COMM 3P14 – Media Industries Tobacco Advertising is Illegal, but Advertising for Alcohol is not, Is This Hypocritical? Rebecca Stewart 4574927 Russell Johnston Seminar 3 November 11, 2012 Advertisements are a vital part of any company’s marketing strategy, and are used to inform or persuade an audience about a certain product or service. In fact, North American companies are among the world’s highest advertisers (Boone et al., 2010, 502). Today, an average consumer is exposed to hundreds

There are verities of Homeobox genes, which are function as transcription factors, found in eukaryotes. Homeobox genes are associated with many body structures such as the brain, central nervous system, skeleton muscle, neural crest, heart, and liver (1) It is highly conservative and consists of 180 base pairs. Homeobox genes had isolated from Xenopus, mouse, and humans. There are about 333 homeobox loci in the human genome(z). The well-known homoebox gene is HOX gene, which plays an important role

There is a condition where the ovaries or testes do not function properly and results in the lowered or halted production of hormones (MedlinePlus, 2017). This condition is known as hypogonadism or gonadal deficiency. There are two main types of hypogonadism, central and primary. In women, primary hypogonadism is the dysfunction of the ovaries whereas central hypogonadism is when the centers of the brain, responsible for gonadal control, function improperly (The New York Times, 2012). The authors

Men with a history of undescended testes (cryptorchidism) have a 10 times higher chance of testicular cancer compared to men with normally descended testes. The risk of testicular cancer lowers if there is surgery to fix the problem in the baby’s first year of life. The undescended testis has the higher

Deleterious MED12 Mutation in a Patient with Mitochondrial Dysfunction Expands the Phenotype of FG Syndrome ABSTRACT: Mutations in the MED12 gene are associated with X-linked intellectual disability (ID) which present phenotypically as FG syndrome or Lujan syndrome. The two disorders have overlapping features of ID, hypotonia, and corpus callosum abnormalities but physical features differ . Carrier females are typically unaffected. Mitochondrial dysfunction has not been previously described