Adenine nucleotide translocase is a mitochondrial enzyme which plays a primary role in the cellular respiration process. The correct functioning of mitochondria is strictly dependent on this enzymatic system, which is located on the membrane and which is physiologically implicated in the transfer of neo-synthesized ATP molecules from the inner...

Genetic drift occurs when one characteristic or trait becomes more common in a population. This may be attributed to the random chance. This clearly means that it is not because it is advantageous or non-advantageous. Parisod at el., argue that “Genetic drift affects the allele frequency of finite populations; especially...

The official full name of the gene is neurofibromin 1 (NF1). The gene expresses normally in Homo sapiens; however, the expression has been discovered in orthologs such as a mouse and Drosophila melanogaster. As its molecular function, NF1 acts as a tumor suppressor gene. Tumor suppressors prevent the uneven and...

Factors such as ethnicity, genetics, and cultural background are an important example of objective data that has to be collected for an effective treatment of many specific diseases. Hence, in many instances, ethnical, genetic, and cultural considerations play an significant role in prescribing. A particular disease best illustrates the importance...

According to Cooper (2010), there is too little knowledge available regarding the link between general intelligence and physiological processes. The linkages between biological factors and intelligence seem to be much more important than linkages between learned capabilities and intelligence. The main factor of development of intelligence of an individual is...