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Papers On Biology
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Genetic Engineering; Boon or Bane
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This 5 page paper looks at the facts surrounding the advantages and disadvantages of genetic engineering and genetically modified crops. The issues of pest and virus control are examined and the emphasis is on the positive aspects of this new science. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEgeneng.wps
Genetically Engineered Foods: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
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A 7 page paper discussing this topic from social, geographic and anthropological perspectives. Many are fearful of using genetically modified foods, but there is no real evidence assessing long term effects either good or bad. However, loss of the natural form is the functional equivalent of extinction, and we can never know when new insights or new technological advances will reveal benefits of natural life forms crucial to human survival. If the natural form disappears before those capabilities come to be, then we can miss out on benefits that can be integral to our ultimate survival. This is the point at which interdisciplinary considerations converge. Each has a different perspective, but each ultimately is concerned with loss of the natural form. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSgenEngFood.rtf
Genetically Engineered Foods: Process, Controversy and Environmental Concerns
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This is a 9 page paper discussing genetic engineering in food. Genetic engineering (GE) or biotechnology in food involves the process of inserting genetic material into plant or animal breeds in the hopes to develop certain positive characteristics within that breed; characteristics which may have previously taken generations to propagate in the breed. In addition to accelerating the breeding of certain characteristics in plants and animals, GE also involves the introduction of new genetic material within breeds in the hopes for developing new characteristics in breeds. Genetic engineering in food mainly involves the processes of disease and pest resistance in addition to increasing yield. While GE in food may appear to be a positive step toward increasing food yield and decreasing loss of breeds to disease which perhaps could be extended to decreasing world hunger and increasing farmers’ productivity, the manufacturing of genetically engineered food has come under a great deal of controversy. One of the major areas of concern is the “release” of new crops into the environment which have not been tested and little is known of the long term effects of any of the GE crops. Another area of concern is that larger corporations retain the patents on the GE processes which does not allow for the introduction of these processes on a global basis. GE foods have become very expensive and their manufacturing is restricted to a relatively few large corporations and countries in which profit seems to have become the major incentive for the production of GE foods. Lastly, many of the same companies which produce GE pesticide resistant crops are the same companies which also produce pesticides bringing into question the motivation and type of development of GE foods.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJgenfd1.rtf
Genetically Modified Food
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A 6 page discussion of this technology. This paper defines this technology, lists some of its applications, and discusses the controversy surrounding it. Bibliography lists 5 sources
Filename: PPgeneFood.rtf
Genetically Modified Plants: A Molecular Genetic Milestone
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the molecular genetic milestone, the milestone of the genetic engineering and genetically modified plants. This paper integrates a view of the transformation of cellular research and genetic splicing related to genetically modified plants, and the implications of this kind of change. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHGenet3.rtf
Germination; The Effects of Light and Temperature;
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This 5 page paper considers the process of germination, how it occurs and the environmental conditions needed for its' success. The writer then goes on to consider the impact of light and temperature on germination rates and speeds. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEgermin.wps
Germs on Human Hands
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This 3 page paper looks at the problem with germs on human hands. How germs are transmitted is explored. This paper focuses on statistics and examines various forms of transmission as well as locale. Specific information is expressed regarding health care professionals and the use of gloves.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA538grm.rtf
Global Spatial Patterns of Mammal and Bird Diversity
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of biodiversity and pays special attention to endemic species diversity. Why certain birds and mammals are found in particular parts of the world is discussed. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: SA246bio.rtf
Global Warming: A Discussion of the Natural Processes Encapsulated by the Milankovitch Theory and the More Deleterious Manmade Influences
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A 10 page discussion of global warming as it is influenced by natural processes determined by the earth's rotation around the sun, natural processes encapsulated by the theories of Serbian astrophysicist Milutin Milankovitch. The author of this paper asserts that the actions of those natural processes have been added to by pollution and activities such as deforestation. The result is an escalated scenario of global warming, a scenario with potentially disastrous results. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PPglblW2.rtf
Glutamine; Chemistry, Role and Use in Treatment
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This 10 page paper outlines the biochemistry and role of glutamine and the way in which different organs react to changes such as infection creation a nutritional depletion on various cells disrupting different biophysical functions. The paper then considers how nutritionally supplements may or may not help to reduce the impact of glutamine. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEglutamine.rtf
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