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    There's a lot of information that is not provided that might be useful for deciding on conservation efforts. For example, DNA fingerprinting does not tell the information about the bear’s health, its characteristics such as its height, and size, as well as its age. Also, DNA fingerprinting does not provide information regarding if a bear has genetic diseases, or has the ability to make future offsprings. There are many possible outcomes for why the population in the area contained more male bears

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    BRAIN FINGERPRINTING TECHNOLOGY Mandar Ghate Department Of Computers, Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil Pratisthans College Of Engineering mandarghate4@gmail.com Abstract— Brain fingerprinting is a new computer-based technology to identify the perpetrator of a crime accurately and scientifically by measuring brain-wave responses to crime-relevant words or pictures presented on a computer screen. Brain fingerprinting has proven 100% accurate in over 120 tests, including tests on FBI agents, tests

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    recombinant DNA molecule. Endonucleases, also known as restriction enzymes, are responsible for splitting DNA strands (Gene Splicing). These enzymes are very specific, only cutting the DNA strand when it recognizes a specific sequence, producing distinct DNA fragments. These fragments have one end with a single strand, a "sticky end", that will form hydrogen bonds with a complementary, foreign DNA fragment's "sticky end" (Griffiths). DNA ligase, another enzyme, permanently joins the original DNA fragments

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    Edit in ClarisWorks Student Worksheet LSM 6.3-5 Additional Activity: Switched at Birth! DNA Fingerprinting: An Application Although a rare occurrence, cases of babies switched at birth in a hospital have made the news in the past. Since an individual’s DNA sequence is unique, with the exception of identical twins, DNA fingerprinting is a reliable method used to determine the parents of a given baby. DNA fingerprints can be derived from restriction fragment-length polymorphism analysis or using

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    STAGE 2 BIOLOGY ASSESSMENT TYPE 1: Investigations Folio Issues Investigation Human Awareness Essay – Source Analysis Should all babies be DNA fingerprinted at birth? Article to be evaluated: Website: Genetics and Public Issues – ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Issues) – http://darwin.nmsu.edu/ Reliability: This source is a reliable one as it was developed by Dr. Clay Dillingham and Dr. Susan Root. They are professionals, educated in the technique

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    “Mapping the human genome has been compared with putting a man on the moon, but I believe it is more than that. This is the outstanding achievement not only of our lifetime, but in terms of human history. A few months ago I compared the project to the invention of the wheel. On reflection, it is more than that. I can well imagine technology making the wheel obsolete. But this code is the essence of mankind, and as long as humans exists, this code is going to be important and will be used” ( Thomas

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    Recent Uses of DNA Technology DNA, Deoxyribonucleic Acid, is the basic structure for all life, it is the blueprint, the instruction manual, on how to build a living organism. DNA is made up of four nitrogen bases, adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine which are connected by sugar-phosphate bonds. Through a process called Protein Synthesis, the nitrogen bases are the code for the creation of amino acids. Essentially, DNA makes amino acids, amino acids make proteins, proteins make organisms. This

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    DNA Technology Task 3 – Poster DNA fingerprinting, also known as DNA profiling, is a technique used in forensic science that identifies individuals based on various characteristics of their DNA. Although the DNA sequences between humans are 99.9% identical, DNA fingerprinting is able to distinguish between individuals due to the presence of specific sequences within the non-coding region of the genome known as satellite DNA. This satellite DNA consists of long stretches of DNA made up of repeating

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    improved immensely. Focussing mainly on the DNA technology using the polymerase chain reaction, gel electrophoresis, fingerprinting and

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    aspects of DNA fingerprinting. Alongside Easterbrook, Lewis Thomas created an essay called “On Cloning a Human Being” which discusses the different opinions one can have on deciding the morality of human cloning. In Both Gregg Easterbrook’s “The Myth of Fingerprints” and Lewis Thomas’ “On Cloning a Human Being” the authors excessively use spirituality as an underlying basis for their arguments. Easterbrook is very devious in the ways he presents his argument about his stance on DNA fingerprinting. Easterbrook

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