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What Darwin Didn’t Know

Reflect on what stood out in your mind about this movie – what is something new that you learned?  What is something that you kind of knew about, but now it makes much more sense to you?  What did they do in the movie that helped you understand these concepts better?  What is still confusing? … Continue reading What Darwin Didn’t Know

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My Understanding of Sex- Linked Traits

Sex linked traits can either be x linked or y linked. Depending on which chromosome they are paired with the gene can either be past on more frequently or not. In the case study “poor Eleanor” there are a few different sex linked traits passed through the family. One of the traits is an x … Continue reading My Understanding of Sex- Linked Traits

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Genetically Modified Organisms

Genetically modified organisms or “GMOs” are the way of the future. Imaging plants that won’t die from drought, won’t be eaten by insects, and even plants that hold nutrients that they would naturally have. With GMOs this is all possible. Scientist have found ways to take good genes, from species like bacteria, and put them … Continue reading Genetically Modified Organisms

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Investigation on Varying Numbers of Chromosomes in Species

  When does a pattern form between the species of an organism and the number of chromosomes that it has? Why does the number of chromosomes change? These two questions are the reasoning for my research and I have found some very interesting data to answer them. Scientists around the world have been trying to … Continue reading Investigation on Varying Numbers of Chromosomes in Species