Background Biotechnology allows the use of living organisms or their processes for human needs or purposes. Currently, this topic includes such general examples as cloning, stem cells (adult, umbilical cord, and embryonic), DNA fingerprinting, biological warfare, bioremediation, genetically modified organisms, vaccines, and transgenic plants and animals to name a few. […]

1. About 13 different species of finches inhabit the Galápagos Islands today, all descendants of a common ancestor from the South American mainland that arrived a few million years ago. Genetically, there are four distinct lineages, but the 13 species are currently classified among three genera. The first lineage to […]

Biotic Components Paper Select a representative natural ecosystem in your area such as preserves or parks that are managed for native species. Write a 1500- to 1750-word paper explaining: o The major structural and functional dynamics (processes) of that ecosystem including change over time o How humans may have affected […]

A. The cells in your body receivehalf their chromosomes from your father and one half of theirchromosomes from your mother. So for each pair of homologouschromosomes one will be a maternal chromosome and one will be apaternal chromosome.. During meiosis when the haploid gametes areformed, each member of the pair […]