Essays about: "genetic inheritance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words genetic inheritance.

  1. 1. The Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights in the Field of Cross-Border Surrogacy: In the Best Interests of the Child?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Margrét María Grétarsdóttir; [2023]
    Keywords : European Court of Human Rights Cross-border Surrogacy; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Surrogacy is prohibited in many European states. However, such a ban is not global. This can create problems when individuals from states where surrogacy is prohibited travel to other states where it is allowed and become legally recognised parents of children born through surrogacy in the latter states. READ MORE

  3. 2. Genetiska faktorer som styr hornbildning hos kor

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Mikaela Nordström; [2022]
    Keywords : kor; nötkreatur; hornbildning; kullig; hornlös; scurs; mjölkkor; genetiskt samband; avhorning; avel;

    Abstract : Denna litteraturstudie sammanställer information om vilka genetiska faktorer som styr hornbildning hos kor samt hur nedärvningsprocessen för horn, scurs och kullighet fungerar. Behornade kor medför problem som högre skaderisk, ökade veterinärkostnader och aggressiva beteenden och därför avhornas kor i animalieproduktion rutinmässigt. READ MORE

  4. 3. Co-inheritance of breast and prostate cancer in a pedigree with large family data

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Mikrodataanalys

    Author : Adrián Calvo Chozas; [2020]
    Keywords : prostate cancer; breast cancer; simulations; MCMCglmm; heritability; genetic correlation;

    Abstract : The connection between breast and prostate cancer in relatives within a family is an intriguing question in the field since this information is valuable when diagnosing patients with either type of cancer as it may contribute to cancer prevention. The aim of the thesis is to ascertain whether these two cancers are inherited together. READ MORE

  5. 4. Self-adaptive random walk with pesudo-gradients for genetic evolution of an artificial neural network

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Beräkningsbiologi och biologisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Robin Emanuelsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : To optimize the weights in an artificial neural network most methods rely gradients, which are not always obtainable or desirable. Evolutionary algorithms are instead based on Darwinian evolution where no derivative is needed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Distribution Modelling of Gene Drive-Modified Mosquitoes and Their Effects on Wild Populations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk; [2020]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; Physical Geography; Mosquito Distribution; Malaria Modelling; Gene Drives; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Emerging technologies have the potential to bring numerous new opportunities and solutions to the existing challenges, including addressing sustainable development goals (SDGs). Particular hopes are given to areas of the life that require our urgent action, these include but are not limited to medicine and food security. READ MORE