I was asked by your teacher Ms Baker to talk to you about my experiences of being a scientist. One of the biggest perks of being a scientist is that you can choose to work on something you are interested in. Also, it helps a lot that I can choose when I want to work....
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Look around you and you can see that there is a vast difference in human skin tones. Now, if we were to categorize these differences we end up with the concept of “race”, but are these differences really significant enough to divide human beings into separate categories? Today upon asking my parents, who were...
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Here are a couple of websites to help you practice analyzing pedigrees. When you’re attempting to answer these problems you must first answer the following questions: a) Is this a sex-linked trait or a non-sex linked trait? b) Is this a dominant trait or a recessive trait? Analyzing pedigree images Creating a pedigree Analyzing...
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Have you ever wondered why some people seek thrills? Or what makes people act this way? Recent studies, such as the one described in this article, have shown that the reason for said behavior may be hidden in your genes. Jaime Derringer has been testing specific genes with mutations that are related to the...
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Note from Ms. Baker: This summer, I’m working in the Nitabach Lab in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Yale as part of a NIH grant. My goal is to create an AP Biology-level lab curriculum that uses Drosophilia to teach students concepts related to classical & modern genetics, physiology, and animal...
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