CURRICULUM IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL, and EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CONCENTRATION YEAR: 2013 / 2014 YEAR ENTERED SLU: NAME: W# MAJOR HOURS (41) C or Better3 Core Requirements (21 hrs) GBIO 151 3 BIOL 152 1 GBIO 153 3 BIOL 154 1 MIC 205 3 MICL 207 1 3 GBIO 200 3 3 GBIO 312 3 GBIO 241 _____ 1______ GBIO 341______1______ GBIO 441** 1 Upper-level Courses (20 hrs) page 2 ______ ______ 1 2 MATHEMATICS (9) MATH 161 3 MATH 162 3 MATH
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In 1976, an idea that would eventually become a worldwide cultural phenomenon was conceived. Interestingly, the term “meme” was coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins before the invention of the internet, and was defined as “ideas that guide human behavior.” The word was derived from the greek mimema (that which is imitated) which Dawkins shortened to rhyme with the word gene (Mondschein). Initially, it was used in evolutionary biology to compare the passing of genes onto next generations to
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In this day and age human activity and climate change have interfered with the natural habitat of many animals causing them to become endangered or extinct. One example of this is a type of bird called the albatross scientifically called Diomedeidae. Albatross are one of the most impressive sea birds, if not the most impressive in the world. They have the largest wingspan of all birds, which can be up to 3.4 meters long (National Geographic). They glide for hours and hours at sea only flapping their
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The roots of mankind, all lie deep within creation. Being as debated as it is, many people are still unsure on how humans, animals, and even the floating, wet rock called Earth got here. Many speculate that a big bang caused the earth to form, and others take a more religious approach, with an all knowing power, or mystic being, being the one who created the Earth and everything on it. Throughout this paper I will be taking a religious approach to analyzing, comparing, and contrasting the creation
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Reminiscent of ethnology, evolutionary psychology roughly states that the mind is the way that it is because of adaptions to the environment, and that insights of evolutionary biology can be used to bring new light onto the human brain, and human behaviour more generally. These neo-Darwinists have sought to apply natural selection to social organization much like Herbert Spencer’s meek justification that the social stratification and colonial domination of expansionist industrial capitalism reflected
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Every time when the new-born ideas of designers have first showcased their presence on the catwalk, when a season is coming to an end and ready to pass its baton to the next one, you can always hear that certain sound coming from your wardrobe. And NO. We’re not talking about the haunted closet. For that the sound is not made by something that’s already in there, but something that is yet to be. Deep inside of your wardrobe, what’s being created by your favourite designers with the most desirable
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Humans have been interested in trying to clone animals that have gone extinct. Jurassic Park is a movie series based on what happens when a scientist did manage to clone these extinct creatures. The DNA of a woolly mammoth has recently been found, and now the discussion of cloning has been back in the media. This has become an important topic that society needs to think about now that technology has continued to advance. Bringing back extinct creatures could become a reality, not just science fiction
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According to Nick Brostrom: “The human species is still young on this planet, and it is possible that we have as yet seen little of what is possible for us to become.” Think of the developments humans have made over the past thirty years, we’ve created smartphones, laptops, and other technological advances that have changed the world so it’s only logical to think that we will develop this new brand of human, the new and improved versions of ourselves. Such as androids, the androids in Dick’s novel
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A gene is an inheritable factor that controls a specific characteristic of an organism. An allele is an alternative form of a gene. When you are born, you get one allele from your mom and one from your dad. These two alleles together represent your genotype. An allele is represented by either a capital or lowercase letter depending on the inheritance pattern. There are three types of inheritance patterns: complete dominance, incomplete dominance, and codominance. Complete dominance is when one allele
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There is one reason that I believe that the species have changed over the years. I think that the different biomes changes each organism. Each organism lives in a slightly different environment making them evolve. Species 2 lives in a forest where their webbed feet allow them to climb up trees to catch their food. Species 3 lives in a swamp and that evolved them to have a full shell around them to protect them from fish. Their sharp claws also allow them to catch onto small fish to eat. Species
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