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Understanding the Acta2 gene and its role in various diseases – A comprehensive overview

The Acta2 gene, also known as Alpha-Smooth Muscle Actin, is a crucial gene that plays a significant role in various biological processes. This gene encodes a protein called actin, which is an essential component of the cytoskeleton system and is involved in muscle contraction. The Acta2 gene is primarily expressed in smooth muscle cells, including […]

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8 Queen Problem – Solving it with Genetic Algorithm

The 8 Queen Problem is a classic puzzle that involves placing 8 chess queens on an 8×8 chessboard such that no two queens threaten each other. This means that no two queens should be able to attack each other horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Solving this problem requires finding all possible unique solutions. One effective approach […]

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Complex genetics of female fertility

What is female fertility? is and why it is important to talk about in today’s world. Female fertility, and therefore the factors that regulate fertility and number of kids born are of broad general interest due to their implications for health, population size and ageing. Conceptive lifetime from the beginning of pubescence, age-explicit richness rates, and […]

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Do People Inherit Schizophrenia?

What is Schizophrenia? Some people might know about this condition or some might have heard about it but don’t know what exactly it is or most of them might not know what is this condition exactly. So people who don’t know what is schizophrenia, it is a serious mental disorder seen to affect the brain […]

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Down’s syndrome and confidence

“Every child is a god’s gift”, this is the most accepted concept for child birth in India. But not all children born will have identical characteristic features. Even identical  twins born will definitely have change in behavior characteristics. The reason for these changes in each child born is genes. Genes are the genetic material which is transmitted […]

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Genetics of breast cancer

Cancer is one of the most common and dangerous diseases seen affecting a huge number of people all around the world. Cancer is abnormal multiplication of the body cells beyond its normal process. Cancer can affect any part of the human body like stomach, bone, rectum, blood, breast etc., based on the cells affected in […]

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Genetics AI: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Genomics

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies have made tremendous progress in recent decades and are now revolutionizing various industries and fields, including the area of Genomics. Genomics, the study of genomes, has benefited from the emergence of AI technologies that enable faster, more accurate, and novel analysis and understanding of our DNA data. […]

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Basics of Genetics

We get to find so many varieties of species on this earth. We usually categories them as plants, animals, birds, insects and humans. Plants are still, animals can move, birds can fly, insects are small, and humans, they are extraordinary. So, what makes them to be the way they are? What makes human look alike […]

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Interesting History Of Genetics

Long time back when farmers tried new breed of seeds for crops. They found that the yield was pretty high than the earlier type of seeds. So what actually made them get such a high yield? Why new types of crops were immune against certain type of pests? Ancient people noticed the improvement in plant […]

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How does the DNA transmit characteristics from parents to offspring?

Have you ever wondered How does the DNA transmit characteristics from parents to offspring? To know this, it is essential to know the structure and functionality of DNA. The concept of DNA came into existence in the twentieth century. The results of several experiments were considered to conclude that DNA is the genetic material. Thus, it […]