Week Three - Biology - Genetic Evolution

Our Biology Class will not be meeting on Memorial Day, May 27th - Happy Holiday!

Next class will meet on June 3rd.

And here are your Genetic Evolution Assignments:


1.    Blog Assignments required this week:

1.1    “99.4% of the most critical DNA sites are identical in human and chimp genes”
What do you make of this?

1.2    Respond to a classmate’s blog entry


2.    Use your blog to record your impressions of Human Genetic Evolution http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/LifeScience/PhysicalAnthropology/HumanGeneticEvolution/mainpage.htm


3.    Your Take-Home Memorial Day Weekend Assignment:
Cambridge scientists create world’s first living organism with fully redesigned DNA
    What are the key issues brought up in this article, in your view?


4.     Check out the following links on Cybernetics:

    http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/COMPNATS.HTML
Self-organization and complexity in the natural sciences

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopoiesis
    Autopoiesis

    http://www.calresco.org/lucas/auto.htm
Autopoiesis and Coevolution

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