Essays Tagged: "nucleus"

DNA - The Thread of Life

e', is deoxyribonucleic acid, otherwise known as DNA. It is the spiral shaped molecule found in the nucleus of cells. Scientists have known since 1952 that DNA is the basic substance of heredity. This ...

(3 pages) 266 5 4.8 Oct/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Cloning Today

sm develops from only one parent. The one process of cloning, called nuclear transfer, replaces the nucleus of an immature egg with a nucleus from another cell. Most of the work with clones is done fr ... yo has about thirty or forty usable cells but a culture features an almost endless supply. When the nucleus has been inserted into the egg cell, the cell is given an electric shock to initiate the dev ...

(4 pages) 190 0 3.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

I am me and you are you

ed in an intuitive statement by a celebrated individualist, Tarzan. "Me Tarzan, you Jane" is at the nucleus of the beliefs of the existential atom. This seemingly simplistic statement relates to exist ...

(2 pages) 137 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Fetal Development

sperm that made it then drops its tail. After about twenty hours inside the egg the sperm finds the nucleus of the egg and fuses with it. Now the egg has all the genetic material that it needs to make ...

(10 pages) 143 0 4.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Science: Biology: DNA

e", is deoxyribonucleic acid, otherwise known as DNA. It is the spiral shaped molecule found in the nucleus of cells. Scientists have known since 1952 that DNA is the basic substance of heredity. This ...

(3 pages) 141 1 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

what are comets? this will tell you what and why we don't know so much about them.

g to Be huge, and others say it will be small. We will never know though because we can not see the nucleus of a comet. The part of the comet we see is the tail. The tail of a comet can be over 10,000 ... nd comets waiting to be discovered is very interesting. I think that one day we will get to see the nucleus of a comet, and be able to watch comets form in the Oort Cloud.we have just figured out that ...

(1 pages) 64 2 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

How changes in the atmosphere, eukarotes, and multicellularity have occured and influenced life on earth

on years ago. Eukaryotes are distinguished from prokaryotes by their larger size, the separation of nucleus from cytoplasm by a nuclear envelope, the association of DNA with histone proteins and its o ...

(2 pages) 79 1 3.2 Mar/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences

Nuclear Power

nly used in nuclear reactors. The Uranium atom has many protons, thus making it unstable. Since the nucleus of the atom is so unstable it wants to split itself apart, causing a spontaneous fission. Wh ... ous fission. When the nuclei of a Uranium atom splits apart, it splits into two atoms. Commonly the nucleus splits into Barium and Krypton; however, it can split into any two atoms as long as the numb ...

(5 pages) 101 0 3.6 May/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Mononucleosis

mans in which the blood and tissues contain mononuclear leukocytes (white blood cells with only one nucleus), either monocytes or lymphocytes. An infectious disease is a disease that can give you an i ...

(3 pages) 54 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Through Their Eyes. Speaks of Jewish children who were victims of the Holocaust

' The loss of parents in early life means loss of the very nucleus of one's own identity. Memory becomes clouded.' ( In the eyes of Children 2) Unfortunately, ...

(5 pages) 87 1 4.2 Mar/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Cloning, the thing of the future or the start of a new generation? Speaks of what it is and what it so good about it.

iving organism. But, when you gear cloning doesn't a Si-Fi moviecome to mind. Like when they take a nucleus, place it in a egg, put the egg in a incubator,and when it hatches it's an exact replica of ... ute for Cancer Research in Philadelphia(Lawren). To clone the frog they used an embryonic frog cell nucleus(Margery). 1962,John Gurdon of Cambridge University cloned a toad that survive threw adulthoo ...

(7 pages) 169 0 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Nuclear Weapons.

reduce its nuclear arsenal.Nuclear weapons derive their power from the energyreleased when a heavy nucleus is divided, called fission or whenlight nuclei are forced together, called fusion. In fissio ... d together, called fusion. In fission, anucleus from a heavy element is bombarded with neutrons. Thenucleus breaks into two pieces, releasing energy and two or moreneutrons. Each of these neutrons has ...

(4 pages) 133 0 4.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Introns and Exons

sequence of the mRNA is complimentary to the one of DNA. In eukaryotes the mRNA is processed in the nucleus before transport to the cytoplasm for translation. In order for the mRNA to become true func ... s, so information for a single amino acid could be some distance apart. Splicing takes place in the nucleus but also could take place in the cytoplasm and the mitochondria. After the splicing of the i ...

(3 pages) 33 0 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Quarks

no apparent structure. They are the particles that make up protons and neutrons, which make up the nucleus of atoms. Also, particles that interact by means of the strong force, the force that holds p ... toms. Also, particles that interact by means of the strong force, the force that holds parts of the nucleus together, are explained in terms of quarks. Other baryons are explained in terms of quarks(1 ...

(2 pages) 36 0 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

"The Living Cell"

The protoplasm of a typical cell forms three vital parts: The cell membrane, the cytoplasm, and the nucleus.The membrane encloses the other cell structures. Much of the chemical work of the cell is do ... ell structures. Much of the chemical work of the cell is done in the cytoplasm, which surrounds the nucleus. The nucleus, enclosed by its own membrane, is the control center of the cell.Cells were fir ...

(2 pages) 70 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Cloning

duction of organisms with the same genetic material. Scientists actually call the transferring of a nucleus from the cell of one organism to an enucleated egg cell, nuclear transfer (Wilmut 811). This ...

(8 pages) 113 0 2.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Xenon

ements. It has a mass of roughly 131 atomic mass units. There are 77 neutrons and 54 protons in the nucleus of the atom. The symbol for xenon is Xe and it belongs to the family of elements called the ...

(2 pages) 67 0 3.6 Dec/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Terminology used in Chemistry.

of shells around the atomic radius increases and the outer electrons become weakly attracted by the nucleus.As you go to the rite the no. Of neutrons in the nucleus (+) charged particles increases. Th ... o. Of neutrons in the nucleus (+) charged particles increases. This pulls the electrons towards the nucleus. Therefore making it more difficult to remove the electrons.Electro-positively: increases do ...

(2 pages) 45 0 2.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Animal Cloning

This process begins with removing cells of the first animal (the genetic mother) and extracting its nucleus and DNA. Then, the nucleus of an unfertilized egg cell of the second animal (the surrogate m ... unfertilized egg cell of the second animal (the surrogate mother) is removed and replaced with the nucleus of the genetic mother. The two cells are fused together artificially using a small electric ...

(2 pages) 126 2 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays

Cloning reflection written by a catholic

l fusion for the sheep Dolly was beyond belief. First, scientists attempted 277 fusions between the nucleus of the activated cell and the egg of the mother; only 29 of these began to divide. The scien ...

(4 pages) 70 1 3.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects