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Essays On Genetics & Paleontology
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Cloning
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A 5 page paper which examines reproductive cloning v therapeutic cloning. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAcltu.rtf
Essay Title: Cloning
Cloning
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6 pages. The author discusses the cloning of humans and the possible effects which could occur, if humans were cloned. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Clissu.wps
Essay Title: Cloning
Cloning
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A 7 page paper which discusses the pros and cons of cloning, with the paper focusing on an argument in favor of certain kinds of cloning. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAclonys.rtf
Essay Title: Cloning
Cloning the Canine: Articles from the Popular Press and a Peer-Reviewed Journal
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A 6 page overview of the phenomenal success achieved in South Korea in 2005 with the first successful dog clone. This paper compares two articles detailing the experiment, one from a peer-reviewed journal and written by the primary researchers and another from the popular press. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPcloneD.rtf
Essay Title: Cloning the Canine: Articles from the Popular Press and a Peer-Reviewed Journal
Cloning: Contrasting Viewpoints
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A 5 page discussion of the societal retributions of human cloning. Illuminates the potentially positive impacts of cloning but weighs them against the more negative aspects such as the ethics of "making" children, the potential of the procedure only being within reach of the wealthy, and the problem of unauthorized use of the genetic material of another to meet one's own desires. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPclone.wps
Essay Title: Cloning: Contrasting Viewpoints
Crawford Lake Geology and Climate Change
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A 7 page paper discussing the climate change that has occurred in the area of Crawford Lake, Ontario over the past 13,000 years, using the lithology of the lake as evidence. The paper discusses the records of oxygen isotope, calcium carbonate concentration and detritus layer as evidence for a moist climate followed by change to a dry, warm climate that once again was followed by a shift back to the climate of the present day. The paper is based on the research of Zicheng Yu, who has studied Crawford Lake extensively. Includes 3 figures, including a photograph of Crawford Lake core samples. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Core sample photograph contained separately in KSgeoCrawLkCore.rtf.
Filename: KSgeoCrawLk.rtf
Essay Title: Crawford Lake Geology and Climate Change
Critique of "Does Race Exist?"
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A 6 page review of an article appearing in Scientific American in 2003 discussing genetic similarities and differences between and within those groups of humans that we commonly refer to as races. The authors discuss the role that Alu polymorphism carries in distinguishing broad groups of people and the limitations of using the measure to categorize humans. The authors explain that some who appear to be quite similar can be quite different genetically, while the reverse is also true. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSraceArtCrit.rtf
Essay Title: Critique of "Does Race Exist?"