The Burgess Shale Jared Yeargan EES 112 02-32318-2123 May 9th Spring 2012 As scientists seeking clues to the Earth’s and Mankind’s past; expeditions spanning the globe are often launched in search of fossils. Soft-shelled fossils are extremely rare due to their inherent fragility and rarity of necessary conditions to preserve such specimens. The Burgess Shale formation located in British Columbia contains some of the best-preserved and most abundant collections of soft-shelled fossils
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Fracking: Underneath the cracked shell Recently in the Coal State‚ aka Kentucky‚ a new way of getting oil has come. Fracking has become more and more popular in the US and in the world. Fracking consists of drilling‚ and cracking into the ground vertically and horizontally. This new method uses water pressure and thousands of chemicals to pump the oil to the surface of the land. As a resident in Kentucky‚ I leave around some empty land out in the country side. Recently‚ I heard about KGA (Kentucky
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Eukaryotic Cell Division Cells must continually grow and divide in order for an organism to grow‚ maintain its structure‚ and reproduce. Cell division involves the replication‚ or copying‚ of the complete set of hereditary information. It also involves the equal distribution of the genetic material in the resulting cells. The hereditary information of organisms is contained in large molecules called deoxyribonucleic acid‚ DNA. Objectives Upon completion of this laboratory
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DETAILED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC CELLS Cells are divided into two categories namely the Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. These two have varying differences between them. Speaking in simple cell biology words‚ prokaryotes are primitive‚ simple organisms that lack membranous cell organelles. The opposite of this are eukaryotes‚ which are advanced and complex organisms having membrane bound cell organelles. Seemingly simple in structure and markedly different from eukaryote and
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Describe the structure and function of each of the eukaryotic organelles. ”A eukaryotic cell is sectioned by internal membranes into different functioning categories called organelles. For example‚ the nucleus houses DNA‚ the genetic component that controls the cells activities. (Boundless. “Introduction” Boundless Biology). The Cytoplasm is the material between the cell membrane and the nucleus. It has a lot of responsibilities within the cell. It contains enzymes for breaking down waste and also
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The Evolution of Eukaryotic Cells from Prokaryotic Cells DNA- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)‚ a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms‚ is the acid that carries genetic information. RNA- Ribonucleic acid (RNA)‚ is an acid that is present in all living cells‚ it’s main role is to act as messenger and carry instructions from DNA fro controlling the synthesis of proteins. What are Eukaryotic Cells and Eukaryotic Organisms? A eukaryotic cell is a cell that contains complex
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Prokaryotic cells are single celled organisms that were formed at the formation of the earth‚ so are the most basic life forms. The prokaryotes are organised in the ‘three domain system’ and include bacteria and blue-green algae. Prokaryotes live in many environments including extreme habitats such as hydrothermal vents‚ hot springs‚ swamps‚ wetlands‚ and the guts of animals. This is a diagram of a prokaryote cell and it shows that they are not very complex cells. They do not contain any membrane
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contributions from Joan Sharp Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚ publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Overview: Conducting the Genetic Orchestra • Prokaryotes and eukaryotes alter gene expression in response to their changing environment • In multicellular eukaryotes‚ gene expression regulates development and is responsible for differences in cell types • RNA molecules play many roles in regulating gene expression in eukaryotes Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education Inc.‚ publishing as Pearson Benjamin
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It reduces the stress on the cells of the higher degree of temperature (Kaiser‚ 2007). These structures are very important‚ as they have a resistance capacity to the radiations‚ antibiotics‚ disinfectants‚ etc. The other category of the cells is Eukaryotic cells. These
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proteins or genetic material. Like eukaryotic chromosomes bacterial chromosomes are double stranded DNA and can be associated with proteins. These proteins are histones HU and H1 which are positively charged and are attracted to the negative charges on the phosphate molecules of the DNA. Bacterial and viral genetic material is often supercoiled. Bacterial DNA is circular and forms structures called plasmids which condense into structures known as nucleoids. Eukaryotic chromosomes differ in the quantity
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