Found 3 Articles for Principles of Biotechnology

Introduction Regardless of the species' level of ploidy, the C-value refers to the quantity of nuclear DNA in the unreplicated gametic nucleus. A carnivorous herb called Genlisea margaretae has a genome size of 0.129 pg (63 Mbp), whereas the monocot Trillium hagae has a genome size of 264.9 pg (for reference, Arabidopsis thaliana has a genome size of 0.321 pg; Bennett and Leitch, 2005; Zonneveld et al., 2005; Greilhuber et al., 2006. The plant C-value database contains C-value information for more than 5000 plant species. Genome Size The total amount of DNA in the unreplicated haploid nucleus, or ... Read More

Introduction Basic molecular genetics research has created brand-new possibilities for illness diagnosis. The potential to translate research results into practical applications in industry is enormous. A branch of biology that studies how variety in animals arises from variations in the structures or expression of DNA molecules is called Molecular Genetics. Genetic screens are frequently used in molecular genetics to "investigate" the structure and/or function of the genes in an organism's genome. Cellular biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and biotechnology, as well as traditional Mendelian inheritance, provide the foundation of the field of study. To connect a gene sequence to a ... Read More

Introduction Only with development of the compound microscope during 17th-century in Europe, cells were first observed. After gazing at a piece of cork and noticing a cell-like structure, Robert Hooke coined the term "cells" (published in Micrographia) in 1665. Nevertheless, the cells were dead and gave no hint to the true overall components of a cell. Just few years later, in 1674, during his investigation of algae, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek became the first to examine live cells. All of this came before the cell theory, which argues that cells are the basic building blocks of life and that they make ... Read More