Jazmeen Floyd IB Biology March 9‚ y The genetic disorder I choose was Smith-Magenis syndrome which is a developmental disorder that affects many parts of the body. This disorder occurs when the chromosome 17 gets deleted which contains the retinoic acid-induced 1 (RAI1) gene or due to mutation of RAI1 .It happens spontaneously at conception‚ which means it is almost never inherited. Some of the major symptoms that are brought forward with this disorder Distinct facial features brachycephaly which
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Research Report I chose to do this paper on one of my all time favorite authors‚ C.S. Lewis and one of his books‚ The Lion‚ The Witch and The Wardrobe‚ from his collection The Chronicles of Narnia. Ever since I became a Christian‚ and I read Lewis book Mere Christianity‚ I have been hooked on Lewis books. I picked up the Narnia books‚ not realizing what they were‚ but because who the author was. I have read each one of Lewis books multiple times‚ and if I have free time to read‚ Lewis books some of
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GCE MARKING SCHEME BIOLOGY/HUMAN BIOLOGY (NEW) AS/Advanced JANUARY 2010 INTRODUCTION The marking schemes which follow were those used by WJEC for the January 2010 examination in GCE BIOLOGY/HUMAN BIOLOGY (NEW). They were finalised after detailed discussion at examiners’ conferences by all the examiners involved in the assessment. The conferences were held shortly after the papers were taken so that reference could be made to the full range of candidates’ responses‚ with photocopied
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Last Monday‚ (August 15‚ 2011) we had our Environmental Biology Field trip at three different places all around Manila‚ We visited The Avilon Zoo‚ The La Mesa Eco Park and The Myth of the Human body. We are scheduled to depart at around 6:00 in the morning because that is what’s written in our itinerary‚ but just like what we all expected‚ the bus started the engine at around 7:30 in the morning already‚ we were kind of left behind with our scheduled trip and we’re a little bit upset about it because
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#1 A. Effects and symptoms B. Treatment for effects and symptoms Body paragraph #2 A. Living with Lupus Interview Body paragraph #3 A. ITP- Autoimmune disease related with Lupus Conclusion Brendan Kelley 11/22/10 Intro to Biology Lupus Many people look past these rare diseases as if they are simply a myth but they are but all too real. This disease is called Systemic Lupus erythmatosus‚ but is called Lupus for short. An autoimmune disease such as Lupus weakens your body’s
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A valedictory speech Ladies and gentlemen‚ dear family and friends‚ teachers. My fellow students‚ we did it! Many years passed as we watched others graduate‚ imagining ourselves to their places. And now‚ after three years‚ here we are. Three years of lack of sleep‚ agonizing over too hard homework assignments and not really knowing what we were doing. However those three years were not that terrible after all. There were moments of joy‚ laughter‚ and most importantly moments of true friendship
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A. C. elegans is an ideal organism to use for studying aging because it is generally small in size and has a rapid lifespan. (http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~kimlab/index_wormaging.html). The organism also shares many essential biological characteristics that cause problems in human biology.(Edgley 2014). Worms can be genetically mutated fairly easily because of their 4-day generation time‚ where it develops from an egg to an adult with a maximum length of 1.5mm‚ while maintaining transparency. C. elegans
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As Aristotle stated‚ “What then is choice‚ or what sort of thing is it‚ since it is none of the things mentioned? It is obviously something willing‚ but not everything that is willing is something chosen” (Ethics‚ III‚ 1112a‚ 10). Leadership is something willing‚ but also something chosen. By making the choice to lead you are an embodiment of virtue. This thought does not start and end with Aristotle‚ but also with a more modern writer‚ C.S. Lewis. In his essay “The Way‚” the second essay in
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Fantasy plays a big role in the life of children because fantasy helps to create children’s creative ability. Since there is no such thing as magic in our world‚ children are left to use their imagination. There is a border between the world of fantasy‚ and the natural world. We can define these borders because one world is the world in which we live‚ and the other is one in which we have to imagine. When we are young‚ our parents read us fairy tales which show us the value of fantasy. In the book
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Feedback | A. | nucleic acids. | | | | B. | amino acids contained in dietary protein. | 100% | | | C. | urea. | | | | D. | ammonia. | | | | | Score: | 0.1/0.1 | | | 2. | Quest#2 | | Ammonia is converted to urea in the: | | | Student Response | Value | Correct Answer | Feedback | A. | heart. | | | | B. | brain. | | | | C. | kidney. | | | | D. | liver. | 100% | | | | Score: | 0.1/0.1 | | | 3. | Quest#3 |
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