Category: Genetics

Genetics – Discussion Group 4
These are the instructions for this assignment.
Your task is to create a visual representation that illustrates the immune system’s and genetics’s relationship. You can draw a diagram, create an infographic, or even design a comic strip highlighting key concepts and interactions.
Consider the following questions as you create your visual representation:
How do genetic factors influence the functioning of the immune system?
What role does the immune system play in protecting against genetic diseases or disorders?
Are any specific genes or genetic mutations closely associated with immune system function or dysfunction?
How do environmental factors interact with genetic predispositions to impact immune system health?
Your drawing should showcase your understanding of these complex topics and serve as a springboard for discussion among your peers. Be prepared to explain your choices and interpretations when you share your work on the discussion board.

As we move into Module 3, we will bee looking into different types of epistatic interactions and we will see some examples in plants as well as in chickens and dogs. Epistatic interactions are also studied not only to explain the why or how we observed different phenotypes but also in order in the context of evaluating resistance to infections. An article published in Nature by Desrosiers et al. in 2005 studied how epistasis between the mouse Klra and the major histocompatibility complex class I loci is associated with resistance to mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection. The research group found through a series of experiments that this is due to a new natural killer cell mechanism implicated in MCMV resistance, which depends on the functional interaction of the Ly49P receptor and the major histocompatibility complex class I molecule H-2Dk on MCMV-infected cells.
For this week, find a scientific article that provides an example of epistasis in an organism of your choice. Remember to tell us why you chose the article and to comment on at least two other posts by your peers. https://www.nature.com/articles/ng156435Clicks: Justine Moriarty, Stephanie Godinez, Jake Sheaffer, Joseph Jiang, Elizabeth Miller, Shuo Cui, Calvin Martin, Jamie Festa, Rachel Glover, Nathan Fredenburg, Jan Valle Cruz, Preet Kaur, Travis Marshall, Kiowa Beardsley, Casey Bustamante, Jugnu Ahluwalia, Caren Meckelnburg, Angelica Hernandez, Inez Billy, Adelena Purvis, Brian White, Tegan Homol, Brandon Pruitt, Alexus Williams, Naomi White, Lizzy Mathe, Kendall Lee, Anahi Delgado, Brianna Parker, Elizabeth Finley, Jasmine Truong, Carla Marcia, Sareena Leyba, Michael Brozycki, Dale Donecker
NATURE – May 14, 2005
Epistasis between mouse Klra and major histocompatibility complex class I loci is associated with a new mechanism of natural killer cell–mediated innate resistance to cytomegalovirus infection – Nature GeneticsNature Genetics – Epistasis between mouse Klra and major histocompatibility complex class I loci is associated with a new mechanism of natural killer cell–mediated innate resistance to…
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Chapters that need to be covered
The following are the chapters that need to be covered:
Chapter 4: Single-Gene Inheritance
Chapter 6: Matters of Sex
Chapter 8: Genetics of Behavior
Chapter 13: Chromosomes
Chapter 18: The Genetics of Identity
Step 1 – Select a question to answer per chapter.
For each chapter, select one of the questions below. It can be a different question for each chapter:
1. What didn’t you know that you now know?
2. What is your favorite concept of this chapter?
3. What was the most shocking topic of this chapter?
Step 2 – Answer the question.
Please answer the question as you would explain it to a friend or family. Don’t answer like, “My favorite topic is autosomal dominance.” Nope. That’s to guide your post. It should look like “Autosomal dominance is…”, “Autosomal dominance has…”, or “Have you ever wondered/thought why/what/how…” Therefore, you must explain the concept.
Option 1: 300-character limit of your explanation.
Option 2: Create a 100-character, very catchy title for the post’s front slide and a 700-character limit explanation for the post’s caption. It can’t miss the title or full points off!
Everything is a limitation of characters, including spaces!
And you can mix: some chapters with option 1, the others with option 2, or all option 1, or all option 2. It’s up to you.

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will submit a final outline as an extension to your literature review to include your outline/process for
your presentation. In this outline, you will discuss your article and formation for your presentation. Be
sure to include within your outline:
• Abstract
• Background
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results and Discussion
• Conclusion
The outline should be no more than 2-3 pages, not including references; not only from your literature
review source but sources used for your presentation. Preparing an outline is helpful for you, the
students to properly create your presentation. Each final presentation outline should have a minimum
of 5 credible sources. Websites (including Wikipedia) and popular news articles (e.g. Scientific
American) are not acceptable. The library is an excellent resource for help performing a literature
search. Be careful of plagiarism and cite appropriately. Any idea that is not your own or is not common
knowledge needs an appropriate citation.
I HAVE A LIT REVIEW OF ONE OF THE SOURCES AND YOU CAN USE IT TO CONTINUE 
its one page and i need another page to continue on what i wrote, so together 2 pages. I have one source too.