You can read up on Agrobacterium tumefaciens transformation of plants. Basically, this bacteria inserts its own DNA into the host cells and changes...
I actually work for the USDA, so things might be a little different, but I do know that most major universities here in the states have research...
Say you discover something that cures cancer. Hypothetically, a big drug company would pay millions of dollars to use the technology. If you have a...
I suppose, but that would be like saying personality is genetic, right? Which I believe is not. However, I'm not up on my "twins separated at...
Re: Re: Re: Evolution: time for some change? Only beacuse we're afraid to die. We have them around becuase we've become a compassionate species...
patent problems Just a little warning from my own experience. If you ever happen to come across something that could be patented (certainly...
Re: reply I don't disagree. But you can't say that post-reproductive organsims are as important to the population as those that can reproduce....
Of course some stages are more important than others. When an organism reaches sexual development and passes on its genes, it doesn't need to be...
Let me get this straight. You were in a hurry to get to class, so you took the time to post a message on this board to wait for suggestions on how...
Depends on the kind of fruit. Some rely on getting eaten and excreted elsewhere. Others rely on wind dispersion and yet others by insect/birds...
You got part of your wish NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 11, 2003, as...
Why not stick in a chloroplast or two and see if you can get someone to photosynthesize!?!
Plants are absolutely "aware" that they need to follow the sun. The bending towards light (phototropism) is not caused by the expansion of cells due...
I guess my point was that we really don't have any idea. Plants move towards the sun because a signal is sent to the cells of the stem opposite the...
Here's the deal Firstly, you have to think about what our definition of "pain" is. Really, it's just a perception by our brain of an electical...
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