The “standard entry” will be two or three paragraphs describing the observations you make. I expect you to use complete sentences and proper spelling. I will grade you based on thoroughness and the care you used in making and recording your observations. As a rule, each standard entry should be one page long (12 point, Font=Arial). Summarizing numerical and category data in tables is appropriate.
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The “haiku” entries will consist of one haiku poem accompanied by a brief paragraph (three or four sentences) explaining the observations that led to the development of the poem. As you may know, haiku is a Japanese form of poetry used to evoke a specific mood, often referred to as “the haiku moment.” To write haiku, you must be sensitive to your surroundings, a careful and accurate observer, and concise and disciplined in the choice of words you use to express the “haiku moment”.
2. Discussion Forum #6 (1 page or so)
Imagine that the doughnut is a sexually reproducing animal and that a single enzyme forms the hole. All doughnuts observed in the past have had holes. Suppose a mutation occurs in one gene of the doughnut such that it now codes for an inactive protein instead of the hole-forming enzyme. Which of the following predictions would be most likely in descendants of this mutant doughnut?
a. All members of the next genration will have holes.
b. Heterozygous doughnuts will not have holes.
c. If the cell in which the mutatin occurs undergoes mitosis, subsequent generations of doughnuts will all have holes.
d. The next generation will all be holeless.
e. Past generations of doughnuts have all had holes.