Finding bacterial ORI using Python – Part I

Where in the genome does DNA replication began? Let us look at Salmonella Enterica – the very same bacteria responsible for Salmonellosis.

June 17, 2021 · 12 min · Aaisha Muhammad

A Year in Bioinformatics: 2019 Recap

For the past several months – not quite a year, yet, but more than half of one – I’ve been engrossed in the world of bioinformatics.

January 10, 2019 · 5 min · Aaisha Muhammad

The effect of a single cream on black pigment

It is widely agreed that a single copy of the cream allele located at the MATP locus dilutes the red horse to a palomino, and a bay to a buckskin. Yet, it is frequently debated whether it dilutes a black horse.

June 18, 2018 · 4 min · Aaisha Muhammad

What is a bay horse

Bay horses is one of the most common horse colors out there. They have an unmistakable appearance; red body, black mane, tail and legs. However common they may be, and simple in appearance, the color is incredibly disputed on, when it comes to the genetics of it.

August 12, 2017 · 5 min · Aaisha Muhammad

Roan in the horse

We all tend to like a beautiful chestnut horse with white scattered throughout in a common color called roan, don’t we? What are the odds of producing the strawberry roan mentioned above in a cross of a chestnut and a roan?

May 4, 2017 · 4 min · Aaisha Muhammad