Psychological research has demonstrated that living in poverty has a wide range of negative effects on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of our nationâs children. Poverty impacts children within their various contexts at home, in school, and in their neighborhoods and communities.
Transformation. Definition. noun, plural: transformations. (1) The act, state or process of changing, such as in form or structure; the conversion from one form to another. (2) (biology) Any change in an organism that alters its general character and mode of life; post-natal biological transformation or metamorphosis. (3) (genetics) The genetic alteration of a bacterial cell resulting from the transfer of foreign DNA.
Genetic Transformation. Genes can be cut out of human, animal or plant DNA and placed inside bacteria and the bacteria will produce the âforeignâ protein coded for by the gene. * * * * * When genes from one organism are transferred into the DNA of another organism In this lab, we will transform bacteria, giving it the ability to make fluorescent proteins. These are proteins that absorb light at one wavelength (color) and re-emit the light at a different wavelength, or color.