- 6. Biodiversity: In island Bio geography, a model MacArthur & Wilson's 1963 Island Bio geography Equilibrium paper is demonstrated. In estimating stream diversity, the model shows a stream of animal life and displays the species"discovery to effort" to curve. In estimating plant diversity, it is a model to calculate data for analyses of biodiversity. The concept of ‘biological diversity’ is complex and includes the concept of species diversity, or the total of all species in a given area or habitat. It can also refer to genetic diversity within a species or can even refer to the diversity of habitats in a given region.
Friday, May 29, 2015
Blog 17 Eco 6
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Blog 16 Eco 5
- 5. Conservation Ecology: In biomagnificaion, Rachel Carson published 'Silent Spring' which drew attention to how the use of pesticides was indirectly decimating bird populations by causing thinning of egg-shells in 1962. The model demonstrates how DDT in near-shore waters accumulates in a 'food chain' of phytoplankton, zooplankton, smelt, salmon, and pelicans. In Tragedy of the Commons Garrett Hardin (1968) describs how multiple individuals acting in their own interests, while using a common resource, will overuse the resource. This model shows the concept in a common field where four farmers are grazing cattle.
Blog 15 Eco 4
- 4. Behavioral Ecology: In Foraging, the model demonstrates a behavior of honeybees. It represents Charnov's (1976) Marginal Value Theorem, which predicts how long an animal should forage in a given patch. In Vigilance Behavior (Collective), the model is shown of Pulliam's (1973) vigilance model suggests that an advantage to birds of feeding in flocks is that there are multiple eyes eyes watching for predators. In Vigilance Behavior Individual) the parameters for individual birds can be adjusted. In Foraging, the model simulates the foraging behavior of two predator species and tracks the mean and standard deviation in energy for each species. An organism’s behavioral patterns are influenced by its genetics and can therefore evolve.
Blog 14 Eco 3
- 3.Community Ecology: A model of Connell's 1960 competition experiment if of realized niches of two species of barnacles, Chthamalus and Balanus. In addition, microcosm is a simulation which demonstrates Gauss (1934) experiment with protists. The two Paramecium species compete for resources. Populations must interact with other populations in order to survive. Communities are often identified by their plants or animals, but they also include all of the fungi, protists, and bacteria.
Blog 13 Eco 2
- 2. Population Ecology- The Logistic Growth model demonstrates resource limited population growth. Populations have a per capita growth rate and carrying capacity and individuals in a population are views in windows, which show that there are still births/deaths in the population. Population sizes can be predicted through direct sampling, sampling with removal, and mark/recapture.
Blog 12 Eco 1
Blog 12 Eco 1
1. Population genetics- Population Genetics is the study of the distributions and changes of allele frequency in a population. As demonstrated with the popgen fishbowl stimulation, the population is subject to the four main evolutionary processes also known as natural selection, genetic drift, mutation flow, and gene flow.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Ecology Weblabs
- Carbon Cycle
2. Demographics
3. Ecology
4. Energy
5. Energy
- 1. Population genetics- Population Genetics is the study of the distributions and changes of allele frequency in a population. As demonstrated with the popgen fishbowl stimulation, the population is subject to the four main evolutionary processes also known as natural selection, genetic drift, mutation flow, and gene flow.
- 2. Population Ecology- The Logistic Growth model demonstrates resource limited population growth. Populations have a per capita growth rate and carrying capacity and individuals in a population are views in windows, which show that there are still births/deaths in the population. Population sizes can be predicted through direct sampling, sampling with removal, and mark/recapture.
- 3.Community Ecology: A model of Connell's 1960 competition experiment if of realized niches of two species of barnacles, Chthamalus and Balanus. In addition, microcosm is a simulation which demonstrates Gauss (1934) experiment with protists. The two Paramecium species compete for resources.
- 4. Behavioral Ecology: In Foraging, the model demonstrates a behavior of honeybees. It represents Charnov's (1976) Marginal Value Theorem, which predicts how long an animal should forage in a given patch. In Vigilance Behavior (Collective), the model is shown of Pulliam's (1973) vigilance model suggests that an advantage to birds of feeding in flocks is that there are multiple eyes eyes watching for predators. In Vigilance Behavior (Individual) the parameters for individual birds can be adjusted. In Foraging, the model simulates the foraging behavior of two predator species and tracks the mean and standard deviation in energy for each species.
- 5. Conservation Ecology: In biomagnificaion, Rachel Carson published 'Silent Spring' which drew attention to how the use of pesticides was indirectly decimating bird populations by causing thinning of egg-shells in 1962. The model demonstrates how DDT in near-shore waters accumulates in a 'food chain' of phytoplankton, zooplankton, smelt, salmon, and pelicans. In Tragedy of the Commons Garrett Hardin (1968) describs how multiple individuals acting in their own interests, while using a common resource, will overuse the resource. This model shows the concept in a common field where four farmers are grazing cattle.
- 6. Biodiversity: In island Biogeography, a model MacArthur & Wilson's 1963 Island Biogeography Equilibrium paper is demonstrated. In estimating stream diversity, the model shows a stream of animal life and displays the species"disocvery to effort" to curve. In estimating plant diversity, it is a model to clacuate data for anlayses of biodiversity.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Evolutionary Creature in the Ice Age
Leslie Gutierrez
Ms. Malonek
Biology 1/2
23 March 2015
Ms. Malonek
Biology 1/2
23 March 2015
Evolutionary Creature in the Ice Age
I created a creature called the Bunnusoaious that lives in both the land
and the sea during the Ice Age. This creature evolved because brown rabbits
were getting rapidly eaten by the polar bears because they were the only prey
left after its other prey got extinct because of the ice age. It has a fin
which helps it navigate its way through the ocean when escaping from predators
on land. This creature spends most of its time on land which is indicated from
its bunny legs as it hops around on land to find food. It has two sharp and
long teeth to help it hunt for food in the water (fish) and on land (small mice
found in the snow). It two long ears to help it hear when its prey and
predators are nearby. It has fur on its fish-like body to help it survive the
cold. It is also the color white on the top to help it blend into the
surroundings so to not be hunted easily and is able to live in a habitat in the
snow. However, it also has blue on its belly to camouflage into the
water to escape its predators under water and white fur to
escape its predators on land. It also has gills to help it breath in the
water when it goes into the icy, cold ocean.
cite:
http://www.conservationinstitute.org/tundra-animals-6-arctic-animals-perfectly-adapted-for-life-in-the-cold/
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Evolution Bird
Leslie Gutierrez
Mrs. Malonek
Biology 1/2
22 March 2015
Evolutionary Bird
Friday, March 6, 2015
Fake Fossil Blog
The fossil I found was 3.2 centimeters wide and 2.8 centimeters in length. It had ridges and some damage had been done to the fossil. The fossil had an oval shape that was not perfect. It was buried 4. 3 centimeters deep and had a shallow hole. It was clear that the fossil had been buried in the recent years because the fossil was in good condition. The fossil was also buried in the ocean as could tell because it was within a hole. Overall, my conclusion is that this fossil is a shell.
Darwin's Finches Candy Lab
Leslie Gutierrez
Mrs. Malonek
6 March 2015
Biology 1/2
My partner and I were the spooned beak birds. I struggled to survive the first round and sadly died because I could not adapt, while Shirley barely survived. In round 3 I went to different island in order to obtain more food. I tried to scooping the m and m together but not seem to find a solution to fix the problem. I was better adapted to the bigger seeds as Shirley and I appeared to struggle on the first island. I would identify myself and Shirley would be the vegetarian finches because we struggled on both islands, only one of us surviving to barely survive. I struggled very much to work together with Shirley because I thought it would be better to hunt on my own for food. Overall, I was better adapted to the small sized seeds I faced Intraspecific competion, as I struggled to fight Rui who was a forked beak to get small seeds.
Reference:
http://earthwatch.org/expeditions/darwins-finches-and-natural-selection-in-the-galapagos
Mrs. Malonek
6 March 2015
Biology 1/2
My partner and I were the spooned beak birds. I struggled to survive the first round and sadly died because I could not adapt, while Shirley barely survived. In round 3 I went to different island in order to obtain more food. I tried to scooping the m and m together but not seem to find a solution to fix the problem. I was better adapted to the bigger seeds as Shirley and I appeared to struggle on the first island. I would identify myself and Shirley would be the vegetarian finches because we struggled on both islands, only one of us surviving to barely survive. I struggled very much to work together with Shirley because I thought it would be better to hunt on my own for food. Overall, I was better adapted to the small sized seeds I faced Intraspecific competion, as I struggled to fight Rui who was a forked beak to get small seeds.
Reference:
http://earthwatch.org/expeditions/darwins-finches-and-natural-selection-in-the-galapagos
The paleolithic
Leslie Gutierrez
Mrs. Malonek
Biology 1/2
6 March 2015
Your first blog is a possible history of your geologic area Include
density of fossils and why they are in one area and not another
density of fossils 2 where are there the most samples why
type of fossils and what that says about the area
The density of fossils for the Paleolithic Era was on the right side of the shoe box. This may have possibly been because there was land on the left side and ocean on the right side. One shark tooth which was found in H1 indicates that ocean life existed on the right side and 2F which is petrified wood indicates that it was a lake that had trees right new to it. Almost little to no animals life was on land as there was only one dinosaur bone found. However, there was much plant life on land and in the ocean as can tell by the 5 fossils found of corals and wood.
Mrs. Malonek
Biology 1/2
6 March 2015
Your first blog is a possible history of your geologic area Include
density of fossils and why they are in one area and not another
density of fossils 2 where are there the most samples why
type of fossils and what that says about the area
The density of fossils for the Paleolithic Era was on the right side of the shoe box. This may have possibly been because there was land on the left side and ocean on the right side. One shark tooth which was found in H1 indicates that ocean life existed on the right side and 2F which is petrified wood indicates that it was a lake that had trees right new to it. Almost little to no animals life was on land as there was only one dinosaur bone found. However, there was much plant life on land and in the ocean as can tell by the 5 fossils found of corals and wood.
Source: http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/whatisafossil.htm
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Mendel Blog
Leslie Gutierrez
Ms. Malonek
Biology 1/2
16 January 2015
The Mendel links are here but you will need to work on them at home if the plug in is not working on your computer. You should go through the first two columns of programs. Run the program. Take a screen shot and post it in a blog with a few sentences about what you learned (3-5) about that topic.
Mendel's Peas
Mendel picked common garden pea plants to test for his research because they can be grown easily in large numbers and their reproduction can be manipulated. Pea plants have both male and female reproductive organs, meaning they can either self-pollinate themselves or cross-pollinate with another plant. In his experiments, Mendel was able to selectively cross-pollinate purebred plants with particular traits and observe the outcome over many generations. Through the selective cross-breeding of common pea plants (Pisum sativum) over many generations, Mendel discovered that certain traits show up in offspring without any blending of parent characteristics. For instance, the pea flowers are either purple or white by crossing white and purple peas.
Crossing Over
Thomas Hunt Morgan, in the early 1900’s, used a common species of fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, to expand the understanding of genetics. Morgan was the first to show through experiments that genes were located on chromosomes. He also found that certain fruit fly traits (e.g., white vs. red eye color) are found on the same chromosomes that also determine their sex.
Dragon
Chromosomes are made from DNA. Genes are short sections of DNA. Alleles are different forms of a gene and can be dominant or recessive. enotype is what makes the trait - the information within a gene, or the genetic makeup of a specific organism. Genotype is determined by the makeup of something called "alleles," a word that refers to the form of a gene that produces different effects.The phenotype is the physical expression, or characteristics, of that trait.
Dragon Meiosis
Meiosis is a specialized type of cell division which reduces the chromosome number by half. This process occurs in all sexually reproducing eukaryotes (both single-celled and multicellular) including animals, plants, and fungi. Meiosis the two successive divisions of a diploid cell of a sexually reproducing organism that result in four haploid progeny cells, each with half the genetic material of the original cell.
Natural Selection
Natural selection is the gradual process by which heritable biological traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of the effect of inherited traits on the differential reproductive success of organisms interacting with their environment. It is a key mechanism of evolution.Natural selection is Darwin’s most famous theory; it states that evolutionary change comes through the production of variation in each generation and differential survival of individuals with different combinations of these variable characters. Individuals with characteristics which increase their probability of survival will have more opportunities to reproduce and their offspring will also benefit from the heritable, advantageous character. So over time these variants will spread through the population.
Incomplete Dominance & Co-dominance
Incomplete dominance is a form of intermediate inheritance in which one allele for a specific trait is not completely dominant over the other allele. For instance, incomplete dominance is seen in cross-pollination experiments between red and white snapdragon plants because dominant allele that produces the red color is not completely expressed over the recessive allele that produces the white color.Co-dominance is a relationship between two versions of a gene. Individuals receive an an allele of a gene from each parent. If the alleles are different, the dominant allele usually will be expressed, while the effect of the other allele, called recessive, is masked.
Sex Determination and Linkage
Although the sex of a human is typically determined by the particular chromosomes received (XX for female and XY for male), sex is determined in different ways in many other organisms. Sex linkage describes the pattern of heredity between traits governed by genes on the sex chromosomes and the trait of 'sex', itself. In humans, although the Y is a small chromosome besides the sry gene, the X is a large chromosome with hundreds of genes that govern a wide variety of phenotypic traits.
Genetic Counseling
Genetic counseling is the process by which the patients or relatives at risk of an inherited disorder are advised of the consequences and nature of the disorder, the probability of developing or transmitting it, and the options open to them in management and family planning.Genetic tests are done by analyzing small samples of blood or body tissues. They determine whether you, your partner, or your baby carry genes for certain inherited disorders.
Punnet Squares
Ms. Malonek
Biology 1/2
16 January 2015
The Mendel links are here but you will need to work on them at home if the plug in is not working on your computer. You should go through the first two columns of programs. Run the program. Take a screen shot and post it in a blog with a few sentences about what you learned (3-5) about that topic.
Mendel's Peas
Mendel picked common garden pea plants to test for his research because they can be grown easily in large numbers and their reproduction can be manipulated. Pea plants have both male and female reproductive organs, meaning they can either self-pollinate themselves or cross-pollinate with another plant. In his experiments, Mendel was able to selectively cross-pollinate purebred plants with particular traits and observe the outcome over many generations. Through the selective cross-breeding of common pea plants (Pisum sativum) over many generations, Mendel discovered that certain traits show up in offspring without any blending of parent characteristics. For instance, the pea flowers are either purple or white by crossing white and purple peas.
Crossing Over
Thomas Hunt Morgan, in the early 1900’s, used a common species of fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, to expand the understanding of genetics. Morgan was the first to show through experiments that genes were located on chromosomes. He also found that certain fruit fly traits (e.g., white vs. red eye color) are found on the same chromosomes that also determine their sex.
Dragon
Chromosomes are made from DNA. Genes are short sections of DNA. Alleles are different forms of a gene and can be dominant or recessive. enotype is what makes the trait - the information within a gene, or the genetic makeup of a specific organism. Genotype is determined by the makeup of something called "alleles," a word that refers to the form of a gene that produces different effects.The phenotype is the physical expression, or characteristics, of that trait.
Dragon Meiosis
Meiosis is a specialized type of cell division which reduces the chromosome number by half. This process occurs in all sexually reproducing eukaryotes (both single-celled and multicellular) including animals, plants, and fungi. Meiosis the two successive divisions of a diploid cell of a sexually reproducing organism that result in four haploid progeny cells, each with half the genetic material of the original cell.
Natural Selection
Natural selection is the gradual process by which heritable biological traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of the effect of inherited traits on the differential reproductive success of organisms interacting with their environment. It is a key mechanism of evolution.Natural selection is Darwin’s most famous theory; it states that evolutionary change comes through the production of variation in each generation and differential survival of individuals with different combinations of these variable characters. Individuals with characteristics which increase their probability of survival will have more opportunities to reproduce and their offspring will also benefit from the heritable, advantageous character. So over time these variants will spread through the population.
Incomplete Dominance & Co-dominance
Incomplete dominance is a form of intermediate inheritance in which one allele for a specific trait is not completely dominant over the other allele. For instance, incomplete dominance is seen in cross-pollination experiments between red and white snapdragon plants because dominant allele that produces the red color is not completely expressed over the recessive allele that produces the white color.Co-dominance is a relationship between two versions of a gene. Individuals receive an an allele of a gene from each parent. If the alleles are different, the dominant allele usually will be expressed, while the effect of the other allele, called recessive, is masked.
Sex Determination and Linkage
Although the sex of a human is typically determined by the particular chromosomes received (XX for female and XY for male), sex is determined in different ways in many other organisms. Sex linkage describes the pattern of heredity between traits governed by genes on the sex chromosomes and the trait of 'sex', itself. In humans, although the Y is a small chromosome besides the sry gene, the X is a large chromosome with hundreds of genes that govern a wide variety of phenotypic traits.
Genetic Counseling
Genetic counseling is the process by which the patients or relatives at risk of an inherited disorder are advised of the consequences and nature of the disorder, the probability of developing or transmitting it, and the options open to them in management and family planning.Genetic tests are done by analyzing small samples of blood or body tissues. They determine whether you, your partner, or your baby carry genes for certain inherited disorders.
Punnet Squares
Friday, January 16, 2015
Gattaca Letter to Anton from Vincent
Leslie Gutierrez
Ms. Malonek
Biology 1/2
16 January 2015
Dear Anton,
I am sad to have report to that I done a surgery that will greatly affect the way I live and who I am, in order to pursuit my dreaming of going into space. You were always so better at me at everything and were the "better brother," not having any medical disabilities like I did and fulling Dad's dream of having a "perfect child." Since the day I was I was born, I have never really fit in our family, always standing out. You also found me repulsive, and that day I cut myself with a seashell in order to mix our blood together, you didn't want to, afraid of what might occur. The day I finally beat you swimming the fathers out into the lake, I knew that it was my time to go and pursue my dream. I knew living at home would do me no good, and I would have to eventually give up on my dream, which I couldn't because I had my convince myself that it had to became reality. I thought I would never fulfill my dream of going into space, until I met Jerome Morrow, who was willing to sacrifice his identity into order to fulfill my dream of going into space because I did not meet the requirement of applying and getting into the school. I am going to dye my hair, cut off my feet and inset titanium into my bone to grow taller and be the new "Jermone." Vincent will cease to exist in the world, because of this imperfect genetics and disabilities that limited his big dream. To be honest, I had no other choice and could not just limit myself to poverty jobs because of "who I really am." Although yo are one ofthe dtectives on this case, I did not kill the space mission leader. I have no involvement in this case whatsoever, and am the same person I was back at home. You cannot just stand the fact for once in your entire life, that I am succeeding at life better at life, no matter how times you attempt to call the situation "fraud." I truly do love you brother, but you have to got to realzi you no longer have any control on me and you did before. Genetics do no matter, although the world does not realize it, and everyone is equally the same and should be given the same opportunity. So for now, dear, Anton, goodbye. I am finally going into space, following my long lifetime dream.
Love,
Vincent
Ms. Malonek
Biology 1/2
16 January 2015
Dear Anton,
I am sad to have report to that I done a surgery that will greatly affect the way I live and who I am, in order to pursuit my dreaming of going into space. You were always so better at me at everything and were the "better brother," not having any medical disabilities like I did and fulling Dad's dream of having a "perfect child." Since the day I was I was born, I have never really fit in our family, always standing out. You also found me repulsive, and that day I cut myself with a seashell in order to mix our blood together, you didn't want to, afraid of what might occur. The day I finally beat you swimming the fathers out into the lake, I knew that it was my time to go and pursue my dream. I knew living at home would do me no good, and I would have to eventually give up on my dream, which I couldn't because I had my convince myself that it had to became reality. I thought I would never fulfill my dream of going into space, until I met Jerome Morrow, who was willing to sacrifice his identity into order to fulfill my dream of going into space because I did not meet the requirement of applying and getting into the school. I am going to dye my hair, cut off my feet and inset titanium into my bone to grow taller and be the new "Jermone." Vincent will cease to exist in the world, because of this imperfect genetics and disabilities that limited his big dream. To be honest, I had no other choice and could not just limit myself to poverty jobs because of "who I really am." Although yo are one ofthe dtectives on this case, I did not kill the space mission leader. I have no involvement in this case whatsoever, and am the same person I was back at home. You cannot just stand the fact for once in your entire life, that I am succeeding at life better at life, no matter how times you attempt to call the situation "fraud." I truly do love you brother, but you have to got to realzi you no longer have any control on me and you did before. Genetics do no matter, although the world does not realize it, and everyone is equally the same and should be given the same opportunity. So for now, dear, Anton, goodbye. I am finally going into space, following my long lifetime dream.
Love,
Vincent
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