BIOL207 Lecture 25: b207lect25_1 copy.pdf

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4 Dec 2014

School

University of Alberta

Department

Biology (Biological Sciences)

Course

BIOL207

Professor

Cameron Harrington

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Southern blotting: making crop plants, transgenic organisms, detecting a target dna molecule, southern blotting, transgenic drosophila, making crop plants, hybridization. Example: wheat, bananas (see lecture 28), etc: spontaneous mutations + artificial selection. Examples: tomatoes, corn (see lecture 8), etc. learn. genetics. utah. edu/content/variation/corn/ Cabbages are mutant strains of brassica oleracea kids. britannica. com/elementary/art-91957: induced mutations + artificial selection. Examples: many strains of barley, grapefruit, rice, etc. www. nytimes. com/2007/08/28/science/28crop. html www. wasatchorganics. com/products-page/ A. no, because of how it was created. B. yes, because of how it was grown. C. yes, because it is made of carbon. Plants with one or two genes from a different species (transgenes) permanently added to their genomes: transgenic organisms. Goats + spider silk gene make silk proteins hansmalab. physics. ucsb. edu/otherbiomat. html www. guardian. co. uk/science/2012/jan/14/synthetic-biology-spider-goat-genetics: coli + human ins gene make insulin. Eli lilly (www. lilly. com: coli + human f8 gene make blood clotting factor viii proteins. Crop plants with the epsps gene from a soil bacterium are resistant to the herbicide "roundup" "roundup-ready" plants are less labour intensive to grow.

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1. If given a biological question, demonstrate your ability to scientifically analyze the problem2. How does the scientific method work?3. How are clinical drug tests conducted?4. What is natural selection, how does it work, and how does it compare to artificial selection?5. How did the ideas of Lamarck differ from those of Darwin?6. What evidence is there for evolution?7. Give examples of homologous/vestigial structures and atavisms8. What is the importance of the Hardy Weinberg equilibrium and how may it be violated?9. What are the effects of different forms of natural selection?10. How does one construct and read a cladogram?11. How does speciation occur?12. What are different types of reproductive isolating mechanisms?13. What are the types of14. What are major events in the evolution of life and when did they occur?15. What is the basic structure of different types of prokaryotes?16. How does this structure prevent cell lysis?17. How does the arrangement of genetic material allow for rapid reproduction in prokaryotes; how do they maintain genetic diversity?18. What are the Archaea and where are they found?19. What is the theory of endosymbiosis? What is secondary endosymbiosis?20. What are characteristics of the major groups of Protista discussed in class?21. Why is the kingdom Protista not a valid kingdom?22. How does one tell a plant from algae?23. How does the moss life cycle differ from that of other plants?24. How are ferns better adapted to life on land than mosses? How are they still tied to the water?25. What are the major groups of seed and seedless plants discussed in class and how are they different?26. What is the basic plant life cycle?27. Where do plants make sperm and eggs?28. Who are the major groups of seed plants, do any have swimming sperm?29. What benefits do seed plants have over ferns in terms of life on land30. What benefits do flowering plants have over gymnosperms?31. In what ways are angiosperms affected by coevolution with pollinators and herbivores?32. Where are the gametophytes found in seed plants?33. How does sperm get to the egg in seed plants?34. How do wind and animal pollinated flowers differ?35. How do fungi obtain their nutrients?36. In what ways do fungi interact with their environment?37. How do mushroom producing fungi reproduce?38. How do fungi benefit and otherwise affect humans?39. What are traits shared by all animals?40. What are major distinguishing traits of the phyla discussed in biology 2 lecture?Which groups are bilateral etc.41. What groups have parasites or other disease causing organisms?42. Why are arthropods so successful?43. What are traits of Chordates?44. Describe the adaptations to life on land, how do they parallel those seen in plants?45. What makes us Human?46. How is a bird adapted for flight?47. How does available surface area influence fungi, plants and animals?48. What was the significance of van Helmont

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