Biology Essays and Term Papers

a debate on whether Australia should embrace or reject the production of "GM food". There are already some GM foods in Australia - but the public just does not realise it. Since GM foods are made in laboratories - people can already guess there are…

word was indefinitely important to the world, because knowing what this word meant and what was locked in it held the meaning of life. The word is "Genome" and it is also the name of the book authored by Matt Ridley, not as a scientific work but a work…

in the Scientific American reported an increasing alarm in secrecy in scientific research. In W. Wayt Gibbs' article, he describes the negative consequences of withholding scientific research, how it is profitable to companies, and the migration of…

to different molecules. This type of selectively is caused by a semi-permeable membrane, which allows the movement of certain molecules across it. Water exchange can be measured in two ways: RBC osmotic permeability is measured, and diffusional water…

the past decades, biology has evolved drastically into a revolutionary science, constantly making new breakthrough discoveries. It has only been recently that scientists have been able to clone a sheep or perform stem cell research. However, people…

Lepromatus, Tuberculoid, Multibacilliary, and Paucibacilliary II. Name of Bacteria Mycobacterium leprae III. Description of the Bacteria Mycobacterium leprae, the bacteria which causes leprosy, is a rod-like bacillus with parallel sides and rounded…

from organisms that become resistant to the drugs previously used to treat them. This condition has been speculated to be caused, in part, by the over use/misuse of antibiotic therapy. Transmission:  Primarily transmitted by colonized/infecte…

it is today as a result of the process of human civilization. The various forms of pressure created by human activity have destroyed natural balance, led to the deterioration of natural habitats, genetic erosion and the rarity, even disappearance,…

first discovered by a British physician named James Parkinson. He published a paper about the disease called "the shaking palsy". Around the early 1960s, researchers found a form of brain damage. This lead to the first treatment for the disease suggesti…

responds to change in vision. A group of 59 students were made to sort a deck of playing cards based on their color, suit and number (since the data for 3 students is missing we will consider the data of only of 56 students). Every student was timed…