Azarya Tafesse Scientific Communication Date Due: Friday November 6th 2015 Seminar-Summary Assignment by Dr. Huang Phylogenetic Analysis of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors and Dopamine Receptors Research Background Glutamate is a neurotransmitter prevalent in CNS. While glutamate uses inotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs), this study is exclusive to metabotropic glutamate receptors. Metabotropic glutamate receptors are seven-transmembrane proteins coupled that are activated…
Words 702 - Pages 3
providing biological resources. Phylogeny, the study of the evolutionary relationships between species, can provide useful information that may contribute to species preservation by helping to predict trends in species extinction. The analysis of the phylogenetic tree of a group of organisms may provide significant information regarding the origins of a species and the origins of the traits that characterize the interactions between a species and its environment. Evaluation of the evolutionary relationships…
Words 330 - Pages 2
Historia Animalium 1. Categorized thousands of animals into quadrupeds, birds, fish, and snakes C. 1650 Ray publishes Historia Plantarum 1. Categorized thousands of plants based on visual similarities and differences D. 1735 Linnaeus proposes taxonomic system 1. Categorized thousands of organisms into hierarchy starting with genus and species and building to a higher taxa including two kingdoms E. 1866 Haeckel draws a “Tree of Life” 1. Redrew into 3 kingdoms F. 19591969 Whittaker proposes fourkingdom and then fivekingdom…
Words 1040 - Pages 5
Summary- Pele’s influence is everywhere in Hawaii, but perhaps the strangest manifestation of her wrath is the myth that you can’t take pork over the Pali Highway Analysis- which connects Honolulu with the windward side of Oahu. Apparently Pele and the demigod Kamapua‘a (a half-man-half-pig) had a bad breakup and agreed never to visit each other. If you try to bring pork over the Pali, you are symbolically trying to bring Kamapua’a from one side of the island to the other and Pele will stop you.…
Words 515 - Pages 3
increased input as a result of human activity. Non-feeding relationships: Commensalism between avians and trees in which avians benefit while the tree is unaffected. Abiotic factors: Acid rain caused by human activity can create “dead” lakes and streams. Mountainous areas suffer the most from acid rain, which leaches minerals into the streams and kill the fish. Excess carbon-dioxide gases block the reflection of infrared waves back into space, increasing global temperature. Producers, consumers, decomposers:…
Words 516 - Pages 3
of how phylogenetic trees are constructed in practice 2) To gain an appreciation of the value of phylogenetic reconstruction for understanding evolutionary patterns and processes 3) To construct your own phylogenetic hypotheses Introduction The Tree of Life Perhaps the most important implication of the theory of evolution is that all species of organisms, including humans, are related to each other in a genealogical sense. Even organisms as distinct as fungi, humans, and bacteria have ancestors…
Words 6734 - Pages 27
hundreds of species are suffering dramatically from these environmental changes, others, such as “urbanized and pest species, are doing better than ever.” (Sih et al. 2010) Within the scope of this paper, a closer look at a study of the “response of fish introduction and subsequent disappearance of amphibians, in naturally fishless alpine lakes” (Knapp et al. 2001), will be reviewed. “The question of how natural communities respond to biotic and abiotic perturbations is central to many of today’s most…
Words 2310 - Pages 10
2010 English Exam – Language Analysis Taking Stock During the international Biodiversity conference to review progress towards environmental goals set in 2002, Professor Chris Lee sets the principal theme of the conference with his speech Taking Stock. Lee’s presentation is addresses experts from all over the world who attended the conference. Lee’s tone is sincere yet confronting as he highlights a lack of action to achieve climate change goals, contending that current approaches towards environmental…
Words 817 - Pages 4
Short story analysis of Girl by Jamaica Kincaid Have you ever wished that someone had given you a guide on how live the right way? Jamaica Kincaid does just that in her short story, Girl. The narrative is presented as a set of life instructions to a girl by her mother to live properly in Antigua in the 1980’s. While the setting of the story is not expressly stated by the author in the narrative, the reader is able to understand the culture for which Girl was written. Jamaica Kincaid seems to be…
Words 866 - Pages 4
run. Which areas stood out as the most "actionable" in your own case? (and are you going to do it?) Are there any parallels to organizational level benchmarking? What are some common high impact "problem areas" in organizations when life cycle analysis and environmental and carbon foot-printing is performed? What stands out to you as a typical high impact but doable (and sellable) initial action area across many organizations? Feel free to draw on our numerous readings and from external sources…
Words 3046 - Pages 13