Chapter 13: Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles 1) Genes are the units of heredity‚ and are made up of segments of DNA. 2) In asexual reproduction‚ one parent produces genetically identical offspring my mitosis. In sexual reproduction‚ two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from the two parents. 3) Humans have somatic cells‚ which are any cell other than a gamete‚ have 23 pairs of chromosomes. A karyotype is an ordered display of the paired of chromosomes
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Chapters 15-20 summary Chapter 15 opens with Amir landing in Peshawar. The city reminds him of Kabul the driver drops Amir off at Rahim Khan’s building..For the rest of the chapter‚ Amir and Rahim Khan talk about Afghanistan‚ the past‚ and Amir’s life in America. Here’s what they cover: Amir’s marriage to Soraya Taheri‚ Baba‚ and Amir’s education and writing. The conversation turns to the Taliban and Afghanistan. It sounds like Kabul has turned into a war zone between 1992 and 1996. Amir learns
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Chapter 9: 1. a) Atticus says it’s a word common people use. It just makes people feel bad and forbids his children from saying it. He said he wouldn’t be able to hold his head up in town. Also‚ he does it to show his children a good example. Lastly‚ he stuck to his conscience and stood up against the entire town. c) It’s about courage‚ in relevance to his taking of the case. Scout was using vulgarities. Atticus was saying this to Uncle Jack; that she’d grow out of it soon. He’s explaining to
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The Challenge to Go on Thinking When Robert Peary‚ the American explorer‚ asked his Eskimo guide what he was thinking‚ the guide replied: “I do not think. I have plenty of meat.” Thinking does not stop with the end of a book or the end of a course. As long as we live we think‚ but how we think will be our choice. If we choose‚ we can probe the reaches of the unfolding universe‚ we can explore the intricacies of the mind‚ we can carve our thoughts into written words‚ and we can speak our thoughts
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The Help Helps Out While reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett‚ it quickly becomes apparent that in 1960’s Southern Mississippi‚ the maids‚ or “the help”‚ played an important role in the family—not only as the maid‚ but often also as the childcare. The maids formed a special bond with the children‚ especially the children who were very young or were born during the maid’s time at the household‚ and in a lot of cases‚ the children seemed to be the only reason the help stayed with the family they
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"Lorrie Moore’s Literary Devices" In this paper I will discuss the literary devices that Lorrie Moore uses in her book Self-Help. Moore uses images‚ sound patterns‚ and humor in her book to aid her work. Without the use of these literary devices Moore’s book would not be appealing to her readers. There are many remarkable examples of the use of imagery in all of Moore’s short stories. She depicts her images so well that the reader can picture them in their minds. An example of this is in
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It contains the actions and words of Jesus. It is the history of Christianity and is a record of the prophets. It contains the stories of God and his will. It contains different types of writing e.g. religious songs - psalms and prayers‚ also the four gospels. The Bible is vitally important to Christians because it is the source book of Christianity. It is so important because it is one of the most published and printed books in the history of the world. It has been printed in just about every
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Societies north of Mexico were illiterate. They became a central justification for European conquest. Ohio River valley Indians called mound builders had traded across half the continent. 2. One of the most striking features of Indian societies at the time of the encounter with Europeans was their diversity. Support this statement with several examples. Society was very diverse. Each group had its own political system and set of beliefs. Indian villages held religious rituals. Families owned the right
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What do we learn about Maycomb society in Chapter 1 – 15? During the Chapters 1 -15 we learn a lot about Maycomb society especially since the novel is set in the 1930s and during the great depression. A couple of the points are: the rich rejecting the poor because of their economic level of life in the Great Depression and whites discriminating against blacks. During the Great Depression Maycomb would have been hit hard‚ “Maycomb was an old town‚ but was a tired old town”. This is Scout talking
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In 1940 penicillin was finally produced and by this time World War II has started. Wounded soldiers were in need for penicillin‚ as records show penicillin has been used on D-Day to cure soldiers from gangrene. Medical companies started sending out a 100 billion units of penicillin per month by 1944. After this drug’s miraculous effects on these soldiers‚ more and more of this drug was demanded from the medical companies in the United States. Researchers believe that penicillin was one of the indirect
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