It seems like everything causes cancer these days and that we hear more about it – although most types are trending downward; especially those for which we have early detection or a vaccine. While the overall cancer rate is trending downward, that is not true of all cancer types (like […]

Use the Internet and / or the Strayer Learning Resource Center to research aspects of biology. Select an article from a magazine or newspaper that has something in it that pertains to biology. This will serve as the “target article” for this assignment. For instance, you can select an article […]

Wild turkeys are dramatically sexually dimorphic; domesticated turkeys are less so. Suppose that wild female turkeys chose mates on the basis of expensive traits that indicate disease resistance and that artificial selection for rapid weight gain in domestic turkeys destroyed female choice. Briefly describe the mechanism of selection in wild […]

Chase and Christina were studying for their last anatomy and physiology exam of the semester. After reviewing his notes on meiosis, Chase said, “Well, since meiosis is the same in males and females, I don’t need to study the meiosis notes from the female reproductive system lecture.” Christina quickly pointed […]