Tag Archive > genetics

What in the FruitFly is a “Hox Gene?”

Hox genes are like the interior designers of the embryonic world. The concept can be hard to fathom, but hopefully, this will help some of you.

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“BLAST Off!!” : How to use BLAST for running a protein search

Need to do a BLAST search FOR PROTEINS for your bio class or project but don’t really know how? Check this out!

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Gene Expression (Part 2): Translation in Eukaryotes

Gene Expression consists of two parts. Translation is the second part.

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Gene Expression: (Part 1) Transcription in Eukaryotes

There are two main steps involved in making proteins; the first is transcription.

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Rules for Genetic Crosses: Trihybrid Cross

Trihybrid crosses aren’t hard to do at all, if you just follow the logic that is used to complete dihybrid and even monohybrid crosses.

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Rules for Genetic Crosses: Dihybrid Crosses

The fourth (and nowhere near the end) in my series on solving genetic word problems.

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Rules for Genetic Crosses: Incomplete Dominance

The third in my series on understanding genetics word problems. Incomplete Dominance.

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Rules for Genetic Crosses: Monohybrid Crosses

The opener to my series on solving basic genetics word problems. Enjoy!

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