Biology 1102--Fall 2010
Biology In The News
Material for Third (Final) Exam:
Genes to prevent inbreeding in plants... Thanks to Will Kresic
Who owns your genes, not you, not yet anyway... Thanks to Matt Rozzero
Virginia May Nab Serial Rapist Through Blood Relative DNA... Thanks to: Carly Jacobson
New Play Gives DNA Pioneer Rosalind Franklin Her Time in the Spotlight... Thanks to: Jessica Tillis
Genes as Mirrors of Life Experiences... Thanks to: Karolina Kaczmarczyk, Mike Roberts, Jennifer Hunt, Brooke Cohen, Andrew Mancini
Telomerase activity boosted by meditation training... Thanks to Leslie Dalton
Europe Walks a Fine Line on Regulation of Cloning... Thanks to: Adriana Rodriguez and Alexandra Guo
Study discovers role of DNA methylation in cancer... Thanks to Sarah Forcheski
Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects ... Thanks to Kaitlyn Aldrich
The good, the bad, the ugly, and the scary of GM plants and the corporations behind them... Thanks to: Matt Zoller, Alexandra Guo, Courtney Marsolais, and Ailish Keating
Gene therapy for heart failure... Thanks to Liz Ritchie and Alyssa Broga
Darwin and Wallace, together forever..Thanks to: Meg Ryan
Killer Whales--A Study in Evolution..Thanks to: John Rockford
The Evolution of Pigging Out--my genes made me do it..Thanks to: Michelle Labrecque
The fountain of youth may be in your telemeres... Thanks to: Brittany Kerr, Jocelyn Starzyk, Brendan Giolitto, Josh Perron, Amanda Mehtala
After the dinosaurs bit the dust, the mammals got big... Thanks to: Michael Roberts, Kelly Cantafi, Brooke Cohen
Laughter in humans and apes and the Evolution of stand-up comedy... Thanks to: Alexandra Antonio
New life form, with arsenic in the DNA... Thanks to Jesse Rifkin, Alyssa Broga, Elizabeth Giangrande, Mike Roberts, Michael Corcoran, Amand Mehtala, Richard Holmes
Loss of Species Large and Small Threatens Human Health... Thanks to: Vanessa Springer
Biodiversity and species conservation--it's complicated...Thanks to: Ashley Whitten
His cheatin' heart--my genes made me do it!
To stop the fungus among us, keep it hot...Thanks to: Alyssa Broga
How the last Passenger Pigeon ended up on a block of ice.. Thanks to: Kelly Cantafi
The carp win in court--welcome to the Great Lakes! Thanks to: Jennifer Hunt
Life, where you least expect it... Thanks to: Joshua Kohler and Richard Holmes
The bet that ruined the world... Thanks to: Meg Ryan
The mouse from two fathers... Thanks to: Kevin O'Neil and Adriana Gonzalez