Identify the cellular components of blood and state their functions. Explain the role of the white blood cells in protecting the body from disease. Analyze complete blood counts.

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Cellular components of blood

Identify the cellular components of blood and state their functions.

Explain the role of the white blood cells in protecting the body from disease.

Analyze complete blood counts.

Learn how to use an automatic hematology analyzer and how to prepare a peripheral  smear.

Name the 4 major blood types in the ABO system.

Explain the principles of blood typing using Eldon cards.

Describe Rh incompatibility and hemolytic disease of the newborn.

 

Only individuals with the affected phenotype are shown in the pedigree below, no other individuals are indicated. What might be the mode of inheritance for the affected (shaded) individuals?

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Pedigree and non-Mendelian practice problems

  1. Only individuals with the affected phenotype are shown in the pedigree below, no other individuals are indicated. What might be the mode of inheritance for the affected (shaded) individuals? Be sure to explain what evidence in the chart supports your conclusion? Use the roman numerals that indicate generation and the Arabic numbers for individual.
  1. Only individuals with the affected phenotype are shown in the pedigree below, no other individuals are indicated. What might be the mode of inheritance for the affected (shaded) individuals? Be sure to explain what evidence in the chart supports your conclusion? Use the roman numerals that indicate generation and the Arabic numbers for individual.
  2. Only individuals with the affected phenotype are shown in the pedigree below, no other individuals are indicated. What might be the mode of inheritance for the affected (shaded) individuals? Be sure to explain what evidence in the chart supports your conclusion? Use the roman numerals that indicate generation and the Arabic numbers for individual.
  3. Only individuals with the affected phenotype are shown in the pedigree below, no other individuals are indicated. What might be the mode of inheritance for the affected (shaded) individuals? Be sure to explain what evidence in the chart supports your conclusion? Use the roman numerals that indicate generation a

 

What specific disease or condition would you consider being worth the potential risk to your health for you to participate? Or is there no disease/condition that would make you willing to participate? Explain.

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Answer the following in essay form.

Would you volunteer as a test subject in research on a vaccine or drug that could potentially save millions of lives?
The researchers assure you that you will be well cared for and will experience no long-term threats to your health (at least as far as they know from studies in mice).
Consistent with testing protocols, however, you won’t know if you are part of the control or the experimental (AKA, test or treatment) group.
What specific disease or condition would you consider being worth the potential risk to your health for you to participate?
Or is there no disease/condition that would make you willing to participate? Explain.
How would you justify your decision to participate or not in the study to your family and friends?
Now imagine you’re 65 years old (but in good health)—does this alter your thinking? Explain how and why.
If it doesn’t alter your thinking, is there an age where it would?

Discuss your chosen human pathogen (Ebola virus)to tell us what type of microbe it is, what disease it causes, how the disease is emerging, signs & symptoms, course of disease, treatment and prevention.

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Ebola virus

Discuss your chosen human pathogen (Ebola virus)to tell us what type of microbe it is, what disease it causes, how the disease is emerging, signs & symptoms, course of disease, treatment and prevention.
In your own words, paraphrasing from only credible academic sources. You may not directly quote from your sources, minimum elaboration on the topic of a minimum of 300 words and maximum of 400 words.
Must also cite your credible academic reference sources with parenthetical in text citations

If a DNA template strand had a base sequence of G-G-A-T-C-A; a) what are the codons of the mRNA produced; what are the anticodons for the appropriate tRNA molecule; and what amino acids will be placed in the right order at the ribosome?

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D13 B

Gene expression results in the synthesis of a protein molecule based on the template strand of the gene segment of DNA. If a DNA template strand had a base sequence of G-G-A-T-C-A; a) what are the codons of the mRNA produced; b) what are the anticodons for the appropriate tRNA molecule; and c) what amino acids will be placed in the right order at the ribosome? Identifying DNA at crime scenes is a vital tool in forensics. Do you feel confident that DNA analysis is always correct? Explain your position.

Using a critical lens, view the TedTalk video Shattering Cancer with Resonant Frequencies. What thoughts do you have about this type of treatment?

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Shattering cancer with resonant frequencies

Using a critical lens, view the TedTalk video Shattering Cancer with Resonant Frequencies. What thoughts do you have about this type of treatment?

This is just a discussion post does only need to be !!! 200 !!! words.

Shattering cancer with resonant frequencies: Anthony Holland at TEDxSkidmoreCollege. YouTube

Using a gall sheet of paper type an explanation of this project. Include definitions of the trophic levels and a description of how energy moves throne) the ecosystem. Where does it originate, how does it move into the ecosystem, and where does it end up?

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Food Web Poster Project

Objectives

  • To demonstrate that no one species can live dependant from the ecological community.
  • To demonstrate the one-way flow of energy in the ecosystem.
  • To demonstrate the community-level interactions of ecosystems.
  • To identify various types organisms at various tropic levels and construct a food web.

Instructions

• Poster board must be standard size. (if you don’t know what this is see me … I’ll show you)

• Color photos are preferred. If you cut and paste them into PowerPoint you can print more than one at a time and save paper. If you plan ahead you can print them all on the library color printer.

• Your food webs must contain species from each trophic level.

• Let us shoot for 25-40 species on your posters. The more the better (and the better your grade) 0

• Try your best to have a combination of plants, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and fungi (decomposers)

• Have at least a few (3-5) representatives from each of the following (producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, and tertiary consumer.

• Label each picture with its common name, scientific name, and trophic level (i.e. if we were to appear on the food web it would be Human/Home sapiens and we would fall into all of the trophic levels)

• No need for fancy titles … save the room for as many species as you can fit.

• No need to make the pictures jumbo size … save the room for more animals.

• The idea is to pack on the animals … the more your exposed to the better.

*On the back of your poster

Using a gall sheet of paper type an explanation of this project. Include definitions of the trophic levels and a description of how energy moves throne) the ecosystem. Where does it originate, how does it move into the ecosystem, and where does it end up? Include all important processes and vocab. along the way! Provide an explanation of why there are more producers and primary consumers than secondary consumers and tertiary consumers. Remember that when I’m impressed by your work you always receive a better GRADE!! Due Date: 10.03.2022 (B Day) NOTE: Don’t wait until the last minute this assignment is not as easy as it looks!!

Will improving photosynthetic efficiency help increase global food production? If so, in what way(s)?

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According to the United Nations, approximately 957 million people across 93 countries do not have enough to eat. In the 1800s, the world population was 1 billion and has grown to 7.7 billion today. The global demand for food is increasing as the population increases. Unfortunately, plants on average are rather inefficient when it comes to using the sun’s energy to grow. As a result, scientists are trying to come up with other solutions to solve global hunger such as cloning drought/disease-resistant plants and improving yields by genetically altering plant genomes.

Will improving photosynthetic efficiency help increase global food production? If so, in what way(s)?

In your response, include a discussion on the impact of the relationship between photosynthesis and respiration. Argument: (1 sentence) Claim

1: Evidence

  • 1.1: Evidence
  • 1.2: Reasoning:

Claim 2: Evidence

  • 2.1: Evidence
  • 2.2: Reasoning:

Claim 3: Evidence

  • 3.1: Evidence
  • 3.2: Reasoning:

 

 

Find 2 more research articles about this classmate discussion post and elaborate more on hemoglobin Mutations.

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Hemoglobin Mutations

Find 2 more research articles about this classmate discussion post and elaborate more on hemoglobin Mutations.

How do species allocate their biomass in response to density and nutrient levels? Do species’ functional group, life span, and realized niche with respect to nutrients influence their responses?

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Plant Competition

BIO 1131 Spring 2022 Lab 4 Assignment

Make a copy of this document, fill in your answers during and after your lab in google docs, and then download as a .docx or .pdf file to submit to Canvas by your lab section’s due date. Reading Scientific Literature (Rehling et al. 2021)
1. What two questions were addressed in this research study? (see end of Intro)
● How do species allocate their biomass in response to density and nutrient levels?
● Do species’ functional group, life span, and realized niche with respect to nutrients influence their responses?

2. List three independent variables that were tested in this experiment.
● Seedlings
● Density
● Nutrient levels

3. What dependent variable(s) was/were measured?
● Biomass
● Height
● Length

4. Looking at Figure 1, explain in your own words how plant density affected biomass. How did this differ between individual plant biomass and pot biomass?
● At high nutrient levels and densities, plants produced more total biomass per pot. However, at low nutrient levels, biomass per pot increased more strongly with density. When nutrients were abundant, mean biomass per individual was higher. Density also caused a decrease in mean biomass per individual, but the effect was stronger when nutrients were abundant. Individual biomass of forbs was lowest at all densities, while legume biomass decreased less with density than grass biomass. An interaction between density and nutrients influenced the mortality of individuals in a pot. At low and intermediate plant densities, almost all individuals survived, but many plants died at high densities.

5. Summarize the overall findings of this study in your own words.
● In the analysis of 43 herbaceous plant species, the amount of biomass assigned to roots regularly increased with density, indicating that competition for below-ground resources may be more substantial than previously thought, even at relatively high nutrient levels. This research also shows that plants modify their biomass allocation patterns and the morphology of their roots and stems in response to nutrient availability and density. The functional type, life span, and realized nutritional niche of a plant all influence these reactions.

Hypothesis Testing
Write the responses to these questions using complete sentences and check your spelling and grammar before submission.
1. What is the hypothesis of your plant competition experiment?

2. State your treatment (independent variable) and what the levels are, and the response (or dependent) variables that you will analyze at the end of the experiment.

3. For the response variables, write out your predictions based on your hypothesis.

4. What controlled variables will need to be kept constant for each replicate?