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Protective Shield Used By Hundreds Of Viruses Deciphered

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Rice University’s precise new image of a virus’ protective coat is seriously undervalued. More than three years in the making, the image contains some 5 million atoms — each in precisely the right place — and it could help scientists find better ways to both fight [...]

February 17th, 2009 | Posted in Biology | Read More »

Feb. 21st Blog

How do you feel about the lesson that you learned this week. What do you have questions about? What are some things that you understand better. If you had to rank your understanding level from 1-10, what would you say?  Have a great weekend.

February 16th, 2009 | Posted in Blog | Read More »

Feb 20th Blog

Carlos and Chanda has three little girls. Everyone in the family has black hair except for Cianna. Cianna has blonde hair, there for Carlos and Chanda are both heterzygous for hair color. Black is dominant over blonde. What was Cianna’s chances for having blonde hair? Explain your answer.

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Blog Feb. 19th

Halle has dimples, a recessive trait. Express her genotype. What is the penotype?

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Blog Feb. 18th

Blake has brown eyes and his beautiful wife has blue eyes. Brown is dominant to blue. What are Blake’s possible genotypes? What is his wife’s genotypes?

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Blog Feb. 17th

Jasmine grows up to be a famous model and she wants to know how her genes are expressed. She finds out that she has the following pairs of genes–HH, Gg, and ii. What are the dominant traits? What are the recessive traits?

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Blog Feb. 16th

Hello everyone! I read all of your responses and you seem to want more hands-on activities. I know that we do more hands-on projects than most, but I will work harder to think of experiments to do while teaching. That means that you guys really have to focus to learn the concepts of the lesson. [...]

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Mitosis

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Food Donation

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Make-A-Wish

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