Abstract Observing an incident in which two white cats produce an offspring that is not white may be perplexing if one does not have a clear understanding of basic mendelian genetics. This report will assess this scenario, while presenting basic information pertaining to heterozygotic, homozygotic mixtures of simple traits, and...

The issue of genetic screening is controversial, as parent’s attitude differs depending on their knowledge about the procedure. For parents their child’s health should be a primary concern, and testing for possible medical conditions should make sense to them. Reviewing genetic screening from the parents’ perspective, it is mandatory to...

The materials used included those involving a) Lab equipment: Gel electrophoresis chamber (Mini-Sub® cell GT systems, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.), PowerPac™ Mini power supply (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.), Thermocycler (PTC-100 MJ Research, Inc.), MJ Mini Thermocycler (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.), Fisher Vortex Geniez TM (Fisher Scientific, Inc.), Thermo Scientific Sorvall Legend Micro21 centrifuge,...

Introduction The genetic cause and gene-environment interaction to health conditions have been in the study over the years. Molecular technology studies show that the genetic disorders are inherited from the parents, mostly the autosomal dominance, Mendelian disorders. The scientific research on such ailments as diabetes has been limited; this paper...

Advances in the study of human genomics and genetics open new avenues for individualized, competent healthcare, which is an efficient path to raising care quality and standards. Thus, for instance, Mehrian-Shai and Reichardt (2015) showed in their study how the use of IT and genomic information may provide individualized preventive...