Entries by Daphne Hanson

Examine the pollen using a magnifying glass

Remove the petals and sepals (if present), by pulling them down toward the stem. Record your observations. 2. Remove the flower’s stamens (break or cut them off the stem). Use some sticky tape to remove some pollen. Examine the pollen using a magnifying glass if you have one. Alternatively, you could take a digital picture […]

The synthesis of lauric acid

Consider the synthesis of lauric acid (12:0) in a coconut tree, a C3 plant. This will require you to think about the carbon fixation pathway and fatty acid synthesis. © 2022, Arizona State University How many molecules of acetyl CoA are required for the synthesis of lauric acid? Since the acetyl CoA is produced from […]

The spring of shared evolutionary characteristics

Chordates victories Posay moras | Urochordata (urinates) Cephobchordata (rocks) philia (reptiles Chondrichthyes sharks and rays) Agatha (fewer vertebrates) Osteichthyes (bony fish Amphibia (togs and salamanders Egg with a shell Marma legs lungs Figure 1 jaw, teeth two sets of paired appendages vertebrae This phylogenetic tree represents Types or the evolutionary ancestor de combat relationships between […]

Articulations Fibrous Cartilaginous

Articulations Assignment 1 A Make a Concept Map using the terms listed below. Be sure to include linking words connecting the items. Email it to me (either a picture if you did it by hand or a file if you did it on a computer) by the end of 3/6/22. Articulations Fibrous Cartilaginous Intervertebral disc […]

How genetics are expressed phenotypically

Why is it important to understand how genetics are expressed phenotypically? Not all genes are, so when there are Mendelian traits versus, say, blood type, how is it important to understand the probabilities of mutations or other genotypes which may or may not be expressed phenotypically?

Factors in dialect formation

Drawing from the article, Regional Variations in American English, and your other readings, discuss regional dialects, including factors in dialect formation, cultural centers (cities), and contact with other languages. How have languages changed, and how do regional differences express identity? You may also include a consideration of your own dialect, and how it fits into […]

The evolutionary processes

1) Viral diseases like Ebola and AIDS are both capable of wiping out large populations of people, but in terms of the evolutionary processes that we are studying, Ebola will not likely succeed in doing long-term major damage, but AIDS can. Why do you think these two diseases are different evolutionarily?  [OLIWENSTEIN of the reader […]

The social structures of our communities

So tell me what you think of race, racism, White privilege, Police killings of Blacks, and others.  How does our history set up this situation? Why do we have all the negative statistics for groups in the inner cities, where the policies that were created at the federal, state, and regional levels created these low-income […]

Racial classifications constructed based on aspects of biology

Read the following: An Investigation of Campus Stereotypes: The Myth of Black Athletic Superiority and the Dumb Jock Stereotype by Gary A. Sailes [PDF] Skin Deep by N. Jablonski and George Chaplin [PDF] Black, White, Other by Jonathan Marks [PDF] According to these readings, are racial classifications constructed based on aspects of biology or culture? […]

Scientific principles of excavation

If you were walking in the woods and came upon some bones, what would you need to do in order to preserve the scientific value of your discovery? What are some important scientific principles of excavation that you would need to follow? What type of anthropologists would you ask to help you to better analyze […]