Why are some alleles really dominant?
When learning about genetic crosses and the utility of Punnett squares, we benefit from the fact that some alleles are dominant,…
Discover more – April 2020
We’re back with another edition of ‘Discover more.’ A quick summary in case you haven’t seen the March Edition: Every…
Problem of the Week (3)
Two ropes are coated in oil and can be burnt. Each rope takes exactly one hour to fully burn, but…
March 2020 – Discover more
Hello all! This is a new segment we will be trying, where every month the editors pick out a couple…
Monopoly – A game of chance?
If you’ve played a bit of monopoly, you start to realize that the orange properties seem to be the best,…
A, C, T, G, U, P, Z – Toying with Genetics
‘There are four bases, adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine.’ This phrase has been directly lifted from the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE…
The perpetual conflict between lesion damage and repair mechanisms, and why we can be optimistic about curing cancer
Source of featured image: https://www.whatisepigenetics.com Abstract: We are told in GCSE that mutations and changes to the structure of a…