Gattaca Essay

        The main theme in the movie GATTACA is that animals can live symbiotically without adapting to be that way. The relationship between Vincent and Jerome exemplifies that. 

        Jerome provides Vincent with his DNA so Vincent can act like him, and in return, Vincent supports Jerome financially and physcologically. When Vincent leaves to go to Titan, Jerome can no longer live on in a symbiotical relationship, so he commits suicide.

This is the reason why animals can live in a symbiotical relationship, and the ones that do cannot live without it.

Blogspot #9 A Matter of Seletion

The biggest characteristic of my Brassica oleracea is its elevated length and its green like spiky. It is also very unique because its has swirled,bumpy leaves.I think its distinctive form is because of there surrounding.

A Matter of Selection

Q1

The part of brassica oleracea that differs the most is the heads of leaves. In broccoli, there are “heads”, in most cabbage there are big, veiny leaves that wrap around the plant, and in kohlrabi there are long stems with long, jagged, dark green leaves. Overall they differ quite a bit from plant to plant. The characteristics they seem to have great variety of are shape and size. The romanesco plant has very pointy, small, symmetrical leaves, whilst the kohlrabi is like a radish with long leaves on the top. 

Who Wants to Live a Million Years: Analysis of a Natural Selection Simulation

It took me a few tries to win a game, mostly because I didn’t know how to play it at first, but after a while I started winning about ¼ times. I picked the most different ones I could find so there could be lots of genetic diversity. One thing I saw that relates to genetic drift is that sometimes a volcano would erupt, or a meteor would hit earth. The dominant ones were obviously long legs or long necks; getting food from tall fruit plants or running away from predators. Cold conditions: fur/hair on head/body. Hot conditions: No fur or hair on any part of the body. New large predator: need long legs for running away. New tall food source: long necks. Three improvements that they could add to make this simulation more realistic: Other species interrupting with them, required constant source of water/food, and to make time pass slower.

#9: A Matter of Selection

Why does Brassica oleracea have so many variates  that have so many different traits yet are of the same descent? That is likely because of selective breeding or when humans artificially select which plants breed together based on their phenotypes.  descent with modification can happen because of  mutations that lead to natural variations.

One of a kind: The wonders of Biodiversity

The plant we are using for this is Romanesco, which is similar to cauliflower. To tell what the chances are for baby plants to get certain traits, it's best to use a punnett square. The baby plants receive traits from their parents so they should have similar traits. The plants look different because they followed a certain genetic pathway enough so that they look much different than other types in the species.

How does your garden grow?

The plant grows bigger/gains more biomass by taking water and nutrients from the soil and makes more cells; in simpler terms, the plant takes things from outside, absorbs them, and grows bigger. If it needed more of those enzymes, it would absorb more nitrogen from the soil. Enzymes are in the protein bio-molecule group.