Insertions

... why they are in a seperate domain from protists, fungi, plants and animals. They ingest plasmids and are infected by viruses. Thus they have insertions, deletions and replacement of their DNA. Some of them revert back and are called revertants. SO because they change in their genetic material ...

See entire post

... smarter than ourselves. I am not a biogist and I never said I was one. DId I? I know and understand the basics of mutations (point mutations, insertions, frammeshifts etc); I meant to ask a more specific question. I wanted to know about the problems that can happen during transcription and ...

See entire post

... cell division. Things that can cause proto-oncogenes to become oncogenes include (but are not limited to): -Point mutations (see c-kit) -Insertions of foreign genetic elements in coding/regulatory sequences of proto-oncogenes -Deletions -Looking at them the wrong way...well ok maybe not ...

See entire post

The first is a standard lab strain of B subtilis completely competent for sporulation (spo+). The other two have transposon insertions inactivating, in each case, a different gene involved in sporulation: spoVM or gerD. The gerD interruption has been modified to confer neomycin resistance. ...

See entire post

besides considering the adavancement of the technology now, you would not really run the risks associated with random DNA insertions (like cancer) just to change hair color ;-) But in the future, when the technique will improve, I am pretty sure that cosmetic cahnges are going to be ...

See entire post