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What societal/governmental measures might/should be employed to assist in the conservation effort?

In Colonial Philadelphia, it was considered not only immoral but illegal to bathe more than monthly. Many community leaders of the time felt that exposure to nakedness (even one’s own) initiated immoral thoughts, and thereby, promoted promiscuity. Thankfully, we have moved beyond that particular more. Clearly, different people have differing standards for the determination of […]

Conduct the experiment and record your results below. What did you observe? Which samples showed bubbling?

Final Applied Lab Project Addresses course outcomes 1-4: recognize and explain how the scientific method is used to solve problems make observations and discriminate between scientific and pseudoscientific explanations weigh evidence and make decisions based on strengths and limitations of scientific knowledge and the scientific method use knowledge of biological principles and the scientific method […]

Investigate the expression of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in bacterial cell.

The overall goal of these experiments is to investigate the expression of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in bacterial cell. In other words, indicating the insertion of GFP into the target lepA/EF-4 to create a functional fusion protein. –Title –Intro/background: What GFP is? he jellyfish green fluorescent protein (GFP) can be inserted into the middle of […]