BIO 350 All Discussions

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BIO 350 All Discussions
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BIO 350 Wk 1 Discussion – Basics of Life

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Read Ch. 1 and 2 of Biology.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

  • What distinguishes living things from non-living things? Throughout history, various societies have defined life differently. Based on your scientific experience, what is your definition? How has it changed as you have progressed through your education?
  • What makes water unique? How are these properties important to life?

Write in full sentences and in your own words. Direct quotes will not count towards the word requirement or your grade. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly. Add a reference in APA format. Rely on scholarly resources in this class.

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional. Substantive replies will earn credit. All substantive replies will contain factual information about the subject. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly.

 

BIO 350 Wk 2 Discussion – Diet

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Read Ch. 3 and 4 of Biology.

Diet fads come and go. We have all seen or heard of the latest “miracle” to make the pounds melt away. Many of these are generously labeled scams that merely cause damage to a person’s wallet; others are far more dangerous.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

  • Research a diet that became popular in the past; it may even be one that you or a family member tried. Consider the effect of this diet on the body at a chemical level. Break down the diet and what impact it has on a person’s systems and individual cells (a good example is the high-fat low-carb diet).

Write in full sentences and in your own words. Direct quotes will not count towards the word requirement or your grade. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly. Add a reference in APA format. Rely on scholarly resources in this class.

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional. Substantive replies will earn credit. All substantive replies will contain factual information about the subject. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly.

 

BIO 350 Wk 3 Discussion – Disease

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Read Ch. 5, 9, and 10 of Biology.

Due Thursday 

Diseases have been a part of Homo sapiens since before the dawn of human society. Thanks to our better understanding of cell structure, communication, and replication, we have better chances of understanding the diseases of the past, as well as new diseases when they are encountered.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

  • Pick a disease you find interesting. From a cellular level, describe its characteristics. If you choose an infectious disease explain the lifecycle of the pathogen (including the mechanisms of transmission and replication).

Write in full sentences and in your own words. Direct quotes will not count towards the word requirement or your grade. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly. Add a reference in APA format. Rely on scholarly resources in this class.

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional. Substantive replies will earn credit. All substantive replies will contain factual information about the subject. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly.

 

BIO 350 Wk 4 Discussion – Life Off Earth

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Read Ch. 6-8 of Biology.

Due Thursday 

These days access to space is becoming increasingly easier than it was even 20 years ago. We have robotic explorers on Mars with plans to land more explorers on moons of other planets. This increases the chance that we will find life outside the confines of our pale blue dot. Scientists are working to identify life off-planet, and we are using models from the early stages of life on earth.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

  • Reflect on the course readings and current trends in scientific research. What intrigues you about the search for other life forms? Consider life at the cellular level. What similarities and differences in chemical processes would you expect to find? Provide details and refer to step-by-step metabolic processes in the textbook. What impact would the surrounding environment likely have on cellular activities, which metabolic steps might be different in order to create cellular energy and organic molecules? For example are different electron acceptors needed for the electron transport chain? If so, what might be useful or available? Are there examples of organisms on earth using this type of electron acceptor?

Write in full sentences and in your own words. Direct quotes will not count towards the word requirement or your grade. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly. Add a reference in APA format. Rely on scholarly resources in this class.

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional. Substantive replies will earn credit. All substantive replies will contain factual information about the subject. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly.

 

BIO 350 Wk 5 Discussion – Genetic Traits

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Read Ch. 11-13 of Biology.

Due Thursday 

Inheritance. Over the past few years, we in the western global society have become increasingly aware of the importance of genetics in understanding individual health.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

  • Look at your family. Identify 1 dominant and 1 recessive trait apparent in your immediate family. Predict how the identified traits will be expressed in future generations. Review the genes encoding this trait, and explain chromosome location, size, mutations, etc. You find information about genetic traits at Understanding Genetic Traits.

 

Write in full sentences and in your own words. Direct quotes will not count towards the word requirement or your grade. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly. Add a reference in APA format. Rely on scholarly resources in this class.

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional. Substantive replies will earn credit. All substantive replies will contain factual information about the subject. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly.

 

BIO 350 Wk 6 Discussion – Genetic Testing

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Read Ch. 14-16 of Biology.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

  • Discuss inheritance. Think broadly on inheritance patterns through generations. What impact do modifications, such as those offered by CRISPR and genetic testing, have on the generational lineage of these traits?
  • Are some traits (e.g., susceptibility to Sickle Cell Anemia) worth removing from our genome? List plus and minuses for gene removal (include facts and references). Support your position.

Write in full sentences and in your own words. Direct quotes will not count towards the word requirement or your grade. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly. Add a reference in APA format. Rely on scholarly resources in this class.

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional. Substantive replies will earn credit. All substantive replies will contain factual information about the subject. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly.

 

BIO 350 Wk 7 Discussion – Migration and Change

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Read Ch. 18-20 of Biology.

Due Thursday 

Currently, animal populations are experiencing a variety of threats, most of which are related to human encroachment into the natural world. These disruptions cause the animal populations present in those areas to decrease, become isolated and migrate. The concept of punctuated equilibrium as it relates to the evolution of populations is helpful to understand these changes in the natural world.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

  • Choose a specific animal species (maybe an endangered species in your area or a species that has thrived in proximity of humans) and learn about its phylogenetic history, related species, original range and present-day range.
  • Explain how the concept of punctuated equilibrium could affect the population/species.
  • Describe environmental pressures on the population/species in recent times. Predict the future for the population/species including changes in phenotype and genetic diversity over the next 100 years.

Write in full sentences and in your own words. Direct quotes will not count towards the word requirement or your grade. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly. Add a reference in APA format. Rely on scholarly resources in this class.

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional. Substantive replies will earn credit. All substantive replies will contain factual information about the subject. If you use outside sources provide references in APA format. Course-level sources will be reliable and scholarly.