****Biological Science*****
College Biology 1615
Click the link below to read a scientific paper I wrote on a medical lab experiment regarding genetics and the link to diseases and how humans have changed over time. Interesting!
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Thoughts and reflection
Writing this paper was an interesting twist and pleasant change compared to other papers I have written. The writing included many large and complex words common to the medical world. We were invited to put some personality into the paper, basically translating it into language more simple to understand. Being only my second encounter with these medical terms since years ago in high-school Biology, this was a great rehearsal to dust off and refresh some old knowledge of biology.
The experiment I wrote on highlighted many interesting insights that were uncovered through DNA analysis, including the possibility of gaining an upper hand on diseases via the findings of disease-susceptable genes that can occur in some people. This knowledge could allow for preventative measures to be taken against the diseases that would otherwise unexpectedly attack them resulting in the sickness being to late to treat.
Another interesting finding in the experiment shined light on the transformation of humans over time. The study conducted DNA comparisons between European Americans and African Americans, revealing that European American genes had gone through nearly quadruple the amount of evolutionary changes that the African American genes had gone through. This suggested potential evidence of ancient man's early migration out of Africa around 10,000 years ago. The theory states that as these early groups migrated out of the warm and long accustomed conditions of Africa, northern travels exposed them for the first time to snow and whole array of different conditions and climates. The famous processes of natural selection and survival of the fittest kicked in, over time and generations shaping and eventually creating the common white man we know today. All this being potentially provable through genetic research.
The article on the study was very humble, (as we have learned that the purpose of an experiment is not to prove an educated guess right, but rather to raise more questions and try to prove the guess wrong) admitting the possibility of being erroneous and also drew attention to various variables and inconsistencies within the experiment. I definitely was pleasured at learning of and realizing the importance of this vital humility among scientists that needs to prevail throughout the science world, striving to stay loyal to the truth, rather than simply striving for fame and recognition.
Writing this paper was an interesting twist and pleasant change compared to other papers I have written. The writing included many large and complex words common to the medical world. We were invited to put some personality into the paper, basically translating it into language more simple to understand. Being only my second encounter with these medical terms since years ago in high-school Biology, this was a great rehearsal to dust off and refresh some old knowledge of biology.
The experiment I wrote on highlighted many interesting insights that were uncovered through DNA analysis, including the possibility of gaining an upper hand on diseases via the findings of disease-susceptable genes that can occur in some people. This knowledge could allow for preventative measures to be taken against the diseases that would otherwise unexpectedly attack them resulting in the sickness being to late to treat.
Another interesting finding in the experiment shined light on the transformation of humans over time. The study conducted DNA comparisons between European Americans and African Americans, revealing that European American genes had gone through nearly quadruple the amount of evolutionary changes that the African American genes had gone through. This suggested potential evidence of ancient man's early migration out of Africa around 10,000 years ago. The theory states that as these early groups migrated out of the warm and long accustomed conditions of Africa, northern travels exposed them for the first time to snow and whole array of different conditions and climates. The famous processes of natural selection and survival of the fittest kicked in, over time and generations shaping and eventually creating the common white man we know today. All this being potentially provable through genetic research.
The article on the study was very humble, (as we have learned that the purpose of an experiment is not to prove an educated guess right, but rather to raise more questions and try to prove the guess wrong) admitting the possibility of being erroneous and also drew attention to various variables and inconsistencies within the experiment. I definitely was pleasured at learning of and realizing the importance of this vital humility among scientists that needs to prevail throughout the science world, striving to stay loyal to the truth, rather than simply striving for fame and recognition.