Building biology

Although society has grown to accept individuals with mental disabilities it wasn’t always so. This paper will speak about significant contributions and theories of psychologists and the development of selective breeding. In the 19th century, a social movement claiming to improve the genetic qualities of human populations was developed. The process of improving the human race through the production of superior offspring was known as Eugenics (Boring, 2010). The idea that created eugenics started…

The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community is always being discussed whether it be because, people do not agree with the life style or simply because they are trying to discover why someone is homosexual. The largest part of this discussion is if it is a genetic doing or if it is the environment in which someone is raised in. Some communities of people believe that it can actually be a combination of both that is the ultimate determination of someone being homosexual. Nature versus…

A dog, cat, and any other mammal you see today have a common ancestor with you and other humans. Scientists believe that evolution took place and can be proven through the homologous structures of prehistoric/modern whales and other mammals and DNA comparisons between species of mammals. The advancement of the whale species and their bone structures is an example of how evolution takes place in mammals. From the film “Morphed: When Whales Had Legs,” I took notes of how prehistoric whale species…

The Spillway or City Park: Which has more arthropod diversity? Author: Madeline Lafargue BIOS1071-007 Group Members: Rebecca Ostrowski and Khayla Wright ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to find out how habitat type affects arthropod diversity. There are many different types of arthropods, making up the majority of animal life on Earth. Arthropods vary among different climates and conditions, including some near water habitats and some habitats without water. The following…

Cellular respiration is a very interesting topic that we are currently learning about in our biology class. What makes this particular topic so remarkable are all of the different elements that work together for cellular respiration to occur in human beings and animals. In the video, “ATP & Respiration: Crash Course Biology #& 7.” (ATP & Respiration: Crash Course Biology #7. n.d.). The narrator does an excellent job of explaining the cellular respiration process in a very clear cut…

In this chapter, Coyne’s argument for evolution is premised on evidence from biogeography. This argument is based on the fact that the same species of organisms often have certain attributes that can be linked directly to their geographical locations. Coyne cites several examples to support this position including the migration of birds like the finch, marsupials and the endemic species of organisms which are only found in oceanic islands, for example the Juan Fernández islands and others (Coyne…

Animal Testing Animals have been the key point in animal testing. However, the amounts of animals being use are suffering during the process of being experimenting on. People don’t realize that animals are living being that has feeling and emotions just like humans do. People do not understand the nature that goes around them. They choose to be ignorant and avaricious about money and wasting animal lives because they feel that animal pain is less important than human pain. Animal…

In the article, “How Sue Became a Rock Star,” written by Gail Mitchell Emilsson and Michael Tinnesand, it starts out by describing what is found around skeleton bones from many years ago. Rocks have formed around the the skeleton bones. These bone looking rocks are known as fossils. Fossils have helped us record and know about the life before us. Sue Hendrickson discovered the most completed and largest T-Rex ever found. They named the T-Rex Sue. Fossils are what is left over of deceased…

The broad similarity between two articles Ehlers, Worm & Reusch (2008) and Campanella et al. (2013) is that both papers emphasized the importance of the genetic diversity of Zostera marina, an ecologically important plant for coastal ecosystem to survive adverse environmental conditions arising from climate change, catastrophic events (storm, heat waves) and anthropogenic activities (pollution, eutrophication, habitat destruction etc). Ehlers et al. (2008) talked about the effects of temperature…

Boris Ignachkov 100827940 BIOL1010 Assignment #1 October 6, 2015 James J. Cheetham, Ph.D. Never Ending Contribution – The Road to the Carleton Prize for Biotechnology We live in the world where change is inevitable, and only those who adapt quickly can achieve great success. John Craig Venter is one of those people. He is a Vietnam veteran that became a biotechnology icon (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2003). His works have contributed enormously to biotechnology. His…