Analytical Study of Human Genetic Traits in the Offspring as Inherited from the Male and Female Parent

All complex living things, plants, animals and humans contain materials that allow them to pass traits to their offspring. In the cells of all living things, genetic material resides inside the nucleus waiting to decide the traits of future generations. Genes containing DNA, one from each parent, line up on pairs of chromosomes. Hundreds or thousands of genes may exist on one chromosome. A human cell contains just 23 pairs of chromosomes but may contain up to 35,000 genes (O’Neil, 2011).

Human genetics describes the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings (Wikipedia, 2011). Genes can be the common factor of the qualities of most human-inherited traits. Study of human genetics can be useful as it can answer questions about human nature, understand the diseases and development of effective disease treatment, and understand genetics of human life.

This paper entitled, “Analytical Study of Human Genetic Traits in the Offspring as Inherited from the Male and Female Parent” seeks to give a substantial overview on the inherited human genetic traits acquired by the offspring from its parents. This likewise show how often genetic traits are contributed by the male parent, by the female parent or both.

The dominance and recessiveness of human genetics traits inherited by the offspring was has been traced and has been analyzed to better understand the concepts of human genetics.

The genes that determine traits have variations known as alleles. These determine slight differences in traits such as whether or not a person has dimples. Inherited alleles may be identical or different. Alleles interact in different ways. One way is to behave in a dominant and recessive manner. The dominant allele trait always presents itself when alleles differ. However, the recessive trait only presents when both alleles are recessive. This interaction only applies to traits determined by a single gene. When more than a single gene determines traits, other more complicated interactions occur.

Through this study, the researcher hopes to contribute a more understandable concept in the study of human genetics as substantiated by the data gathered. Moreover, an easier approach in studying human genetics is also aimed to radiate by this study.

 

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Genetics Research Paper (Human Genetics)

 

Comparative Study of Cross Breed from Pure Breed Using Painted Pony and String Beans Varieties of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) as Grown in Backyard Gardening

Common bean scientifically known as Phaseolus vulgaris, is an herbaceous annual plant and now grown worldwide for its edible bean, popular both dry and as a green bean. The leaf is occasionally used as a leaf vegetable, and the straw is used for fodder. Botanically, the common bean is classified as a dicotyledon. Beans are a legume and thus acquire their nitrogen through an association with rhizobia, a species of nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

Common bean is a species widely cultivated due to its good nutritional composition with high protein content in dry seed and a good source of fiber in snap bean and its high market value. Consumers have progressively shown specific preferences for various combinations of size and shape of bean seeds and pods, and the market reflects this trend by giving preference to types of good quality rather than high yield.

Plant cross-breeding uses deliberate interbreeding  of closely or distantly related individuals to produce new crop varieties or lines with desirable properties. Plants are crossbred to introduce traits or genes from one variety or line into a new genetic background. Progeny from the cross would then be crossed with the high-yielding parent to ensure that the progeny were most like the high-yielding parent, (backcrossing). Plants may also be crossed with themselves to produce inbred varieties for breeding.

Plant cross-breeding relies largely on homologous recombination between chromosomes to generate genetic diversity. Plant cross-breeding is being done to come up with varieties of plants that have: (a) increased quality and yield of the crop; (b) increased tolerance of environmental pressures (salinity, extreme temperature, drought); (c) resistance to viruses, fungi and bacteria; (d) increased tolerance to insect pests; and (e) increased tolerance of herbicides.

The increasing concern on agricultural sustainability favors the maintenance of plant cross-breeding systems which give efficient soil conservation due to the increased ground cover that it provides, and a more stable agricultural production than sole crop, for small farms, where capital is limited and labor is available.

This study seeks to distinguish the characteristics of the pure breed and cross breed common bean using the varieties of beans – the string beans and painted pony beans as grown in backyard gardening by the Bachelor of Secondary Education – Biological Science major third year students of Ramon Magsaysay Technological University – San Marcelino Campus.

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Comparative Study in Beans

 

 

RMTU Graduates… Globalizing the society

Ramon Magsaysay Technological University (RMTU) stands tall today as a one of the leading state universities not only in the region but also in the nation as well. It continues to create linkages to other institutions locally and globally as it keep on realizing its vision as a university for sustainable development in a globalized society.

For many years now, RMTU keeps on taking the pace towards modernizing its higher education geared towards excellence in providing instruction, undertaking research and extension and providing advanced studies and progressive leadership in various fields relevant to the development not only of the province but for the country’s development as well.

RMTU’s higher education is the foundation of human development and social progress as it offers a variety of courses of which students can select from, ranging from agricultural to technological courses. It guarantees individual development, promotes formation of intellectual, spiritual and industrial potential of a society as  RMTU graduates become the partners of the society in transforming it to a globalized one.

The development of a country, structural transformations at the micro- and macroeconomic levels should proceed in harmonious agreement with modernization of education so as to meet the needs and aspirations of people, especially young people, to set up a new system of social values in the sphere of activities both in civil and private sectors.

As RMTU hold its 11^th Commencement Exercises anchored on the theme, “RMTU 2011: Setting the Trend in Modernizing Higher Education in a Globalized Society,” it is expected that the newly-graduates will be able to uphold the indispensable knowledge, values and proficiency  provided to them by the university  as they become agents of modernizing higher education through their chosen fields that will consequently create a globalized society which responds to the trends and needs of the times.