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February 28 See the Galapagos SpeciesAfter this week's discussions on the types of organisms found on the Galapagos islands like Darwin's finches, I went in search of some fact sheets of information about these reproductively isolated organisms. The files are PDF files and are a very interesting read! Galapagos Safari here Male Frog Becomes a Female FrogThis is certaintly an interesting article I found on Yahoo.
We need to really pay attention to the types of chemicals that are being released into the environment!
February 16 Should We Play God with Breeding Programs?Here is a fairly lengthy PDF file that discusses the ethics and morality of animal breeding! Take a look see! Ever Tasted Buffalypso?In our very own Caribbean region selective breeding programs have been used to develop commercially beneficial strains. Read about the BUFFALYPSO Another breed developed in the CAribbean is the Jamaica Hope, a dairy breed developed in Jamaica specifically for those qualities which enable the animals to thrive in tropical countries. The breed is heat tolerant, has high resistance to tick infestation and tick borne diseases and is able to maintain high levels of milk production on the undeveloped and difficult pasture conditions common to most tropical areas. Read about the breeding of the Jamaica Hope Cattle Sugar Cane Breeding Natural Selection and EvolutionIs it just another theory out there or does this controversial topic have any merit. I have attached articles for both the 5th years and the 6th years to readon the methods of natural selection and the theories that led to the propagation of these ideas. More on Natural Selection and Evolution The Case of Industrial Melanism Beneficial Mutations and Natural Selection February 05 Play the Blood Typing GameSome genes show co-dominance and are both strongly expressed in the phenotype of an individual. The human ABO blood group system is a prime example of this co-dominance. It is important the a person who needs blood receives the right type because of the presence of antigens (chemical fragments on the surface of cells that permit cell to cell recognition) on the surface of the red blood cells. If the wrong blood is given to someone they could die.
Here is your chance to prove your worth as a prospective medical practitioner. Save the lives of the people in this accident by giving them the correct blood.
To Abort or Not to Abort?I was experiencing some difficulties in posting new information to the blog due to technical difficultites.
However we are up and running again.
A question is often posed as to whether abortion is murder and up to what time in the gestational period is acceptable. Well the Society fot he Protection of the Unborn shows us in the link below the dya by day development of the foetus in the mothers womb.
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