Unit 1: The Basis of Life ________________________________ Advancing science for 150 years... New species of worm found on ocean floor... Designer enzymes lead to new fats... Unit 2: Genetics ________________________________________ A living computer... Genetic link to prostate cancer... Mutant mice may provide clues to obesity... Is personality predetermined?... Unit 3: Change and Diversity ____________________________ Life from ooze?... Quarter turn of Earth's continents explain Sproliferation of animal life?.. African "insectivore" more like an elephant... Unit 4: Monerans, Protists, and Fungi ____________________ It ain't hay... Fungus may be responsible for Ohio infant deaths... Chicken obesity virus may make humans fat... Unit 5: Plants __________________________________________ Hot dates in the plant world... Early flowering plant rediscovered after 85 years... Fir and birch trees share carbon through underground network... Unit 6: Invertebrate Animals _____________________________ The power of peace... Forensic entomologist sends poachers to jail... A day in the life of the world's reefs... Unit 7: Vertebrate Animals ______________________________ One heck of a fish story... DNA Analysis shows dog's evolutionary history... Femail chimpanzee rank important in reproductive success... Unit 8: Human Biology _________________________________ What's your pressure?... Sniffing your flu vaccine... FDA approves a brain "pacemaker"... Unit 9: Organisms and the Environment __________________ What's killing the otters? A whale of a tale... Putting a price tag on the world's ecosystmes... Steelhead trout protected under the endangered species act...
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