1. What are the defining features of life? 2. Understand the steps involved in evolution by natural selection, as seen in the Darwin’s finch example or if presented with a new example. 3. What are three biogeographical patterns that support predictions from evolutionary theory descent with modification from a common […]

Review the videos below on the steps of muscle contraction: 1) Events at the neuromuscular junction 2) Excitation-contraction coupling 3) Crossbridge cycle These videos illustrate the steps that occur for skeletal muscle cells, which are very similar to cardiac, heart, muscle cells which contract in a very similar way. 1 […]

DNA typing is a catch-all term for a wide range of methods for studying genetic variations. According to DNA Typing, each method has its own advantages and limitations and each is a t a different state of technical development (National Academics Press, 1992, pg. 51). However, each DNA typing method […]

Color Blindness Project People who are colorblind may be unable to distinguish between the colors of the attach slide. Sex-linked genes are found only on the X or only on the Y chromosomes. • A color-blind man (cY) will pass his defective allele only to his daughters because only his […]