Natural Science Forum / Biology / Biology / September 2004

I was recently in the Tampa area (between Ivan and Jeanne!) and while
walking in the surfline on the beach noticed swarms of small
crustaceans burrowing into and out of the sand in time with the surf.
I managed to pick a few up, they were about an inch long, ovoid in

Using a PCR fragment  genetated with AmpliTaq Gold to transform E.coli, I found many
different colonies that don`t looks as real. These colonies have point mutations in
all regions of the fragment, and they differ from each other by one or two points. I
use different stocks of E ...

The first people to settle into villages apparently gave little thought to
what to do with their trash, so they just lived in it -- until they couldn't
take it anymore.
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040923_trashfrm.htm

An extinct sea monster used its long neck to creep up on victims with its
head, then suck them in, scientists suggest based on a new fossil find.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040923_seareptilefrm.htm

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/25/opinion/25kristof.html?hp
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Building Better Bodies
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

i want some reference ebooks of mol bio and genetics
if anyone know site abt it pls tell me

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/08/23/marathon.mice.ap/index.html
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Researchers on Monday unveiled
genetically engineered mice that can run farther and longer than their
naturally bred brethren, bringing the "genetic doping" of elite

Our ape-like early relatives may have begun walking upright six million
years ago, not three or four million as generally believed, scientists say.
Recent fossil evidence, they report, suggests that a hominid, the size of a
chimp, walked upright on two legs in Kenya's Tugen Hills, ...

Scientists fear a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, in addition to
threatening human lives, may threaten tens of thousands of gorillas and
chimpanzees in the Republic of Congo. Hundreds of gorillas may have died
from it already, they say.

I'm looking for a little advice on a biology question.  I'm taking
this open book biology quiz and one of the questions posed is:
"Using the shortest answer possible, describe the function of the
endoplasmic reticulum."  Now my biology book has about two full pages