Is an A+ve blood group same as A1+ve blood group ?
Human blood group is classified into two major blood groups system across the world. Its ABO Blood group system and Rh Blood group system. In ABO blood group system, Human blood is classified as...
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Genetics of Cancer
Almost all forms of cancer are caused by genetic defects whether inherited or acquired throughout life. Cancer is a genetic disease that results when genetic mutations cause the cell to alter the expression of...
How to identify ADHD in my child ?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder that usually manifests in children under the age of 12 and could persist into adulthood. Children with ADHD mostly will show signs of inattentiveness,...
What genetic tests are done during pregnancy?
In the United States, almost 1 in 33 babies are born with birth defects each year which adds up to about 3% of all babies born in the United States. Some of these birth...
Can you or your children inherit mental illness?
Since the human genome project researchers have been on a mission to find genetic links to various aspects of medicine. Many diseases have been found to be linked to the genes that have been...
Can two brown-eyed parents have a blue-eyed child?
Eye color, like the many physical traits that we possess stem from our internal genetic infrastructure (genotype) inherited from both our parents. Humans traditionally have 46 chromosomes, all of which contain genes that express...
Can an O positive mom and an O positive dad have a child with another blood-type?
A child can have O blood group only when two recessive O genes from both parents are inherited. A person is said to have blood type A or B even when a person possess...
If I smoke, whether my child will smoke too ?
Some days back, one of my friends told me that she is worried about her 14yr old son who started smoking regularly !! and in spite of her warning, he did not stop it....
How do we get Twins ??
we have seen so many twins in our daily life !! most of us might have thought How do we get twins ? or How twins are born ? why these twins looks alike...
Genetics of Eye Colour: What does your eye colour says?
Hopefully many of you have come across the people with different eye colour. Dark brown is the most common one, while we also get to see blue, green/hazel and light brown too. Lighter eye...
Is homosexuality a mutation ?
Is homosexuality a mutation?? You may have got this question before. But have you got the answer for this, or have you ever tried to get it. Well, we have a brief explanation over...
Science Of Bio Genetics
learn about genetics, genetic disorders, some facts about inherited features, understand on how genetics can become great career. Its a venture to help others. Source: Science Of Bio Genetics
What determines the sex of a newborn?
Baby girl? Or a baby boy? What do you think, if a couple is blessed with a baby girl, who is responsible for that? What determines the sex of a newborn? Genetics has got...
Do you know Bombay Blood Group ?
Did you happen to see the Telugu movie Okkadunnadu? It reveals around rarest blood group type. At first you may feel it’s just imaginary story but indeed it’s not. I mean, there are few...
If Father has Blood Group A and Mother has Blood Group B , What will be the blood group of children ??
Most of us know our blood type. Have you ever wonder how did you get that blood type? What made your blood to be called as type A or B or O?? When you...
Why Should You not Marry In Close Relations ? – Mutations !!
Earlier and still in some of the places marriages within close relations are very common. But have you ever wondered why should you not marry in close relations? It’s because marriages in close relations...
Biogenetics of Aquaponics : What you should know about aquaponics ?
Let me start with a question. So how the food that we consume on everyday basis is cultivated? I am sure most of us already know the answer. We have seen farmers cultivating these...
What happens if the number of chromosomes Vary?
I hope most of you already heard about chromosomes . so What do you think chromosomes are ?? Walter Flemming discovered chromosomes in the nuclei of salamander cells. In 1879, he observed the behavior of...
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...
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...
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...