Essays Tagged: "Developmental biology"

Research into Human Cells Has Vast Implications. this essay discribes the effect stem cell research has on society.

ryonic stem cells, could lead to new methods of drug discovery, improve scientific understanding of developmental biology, and advance the science of tissue and organ transplantation. But they also no ...

(5 pages) 236 0 4.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology

Why we depend so much on Water

different situations. In chemistry, water would mean H2O, two part hydrogen and one part oxygen. In biology water would be a polar compound molecule with an uneven pattern of charge in which can mix w ... ar compound molecule with an uneven pattern of charge in which can mix well with any fluids (I love biology). In a flash flood, water might mean danger. To a thirsty man in the desert, it may mean sur ...

(2 pages) 60 0 4.1 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Child development is often separated into 3 or 4 'developmental pathways'. Examine the inter-relationship of these pathways.

Child development is often separated into 3 or 4 'developmental pathways', such as:-Physical-Cognitive-Social-EmotionalExamine the inter-relationship ... e. Boys will not experience respective changes until at least 14 or 15 years of age. Nowhere on the developmental continuum is there greater physical distinction between male and female youngsters of ... or even a country, wishes to increase their participation levels of children and young people then 'developmental pathways' such as the physical, cognitive, social and emotional have to be studied car ...

(8 pages) 279 1 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Describe three approaches to teaching spelling

l the elements of the Transitional approach and adds a further two components: seeing spelling as a developmental process and as an integral part of writing. Thus teachers are aware that children go t ... and on to using an understanding of the relationships of words to help with their spelling. In each developmental stage, students will be using different strategies to spell, and teachers will be able ...

(2 pages) 33 0 0.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Testing the transfer of alleles in Drosophila

It is also one of the most valuable organisms in biological research, particularly in genetics and developmental biology. Drosophila has been used as a model organism for research for almost a centur ...

(7 pages) 29 0 1.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Extrinsic Factors in Xenopus Laevis Development

South African clawed frog, containing many features that make it widely used as a model organism in developmental biology. In Xenopus embryos, the maternal contribution to early embryogenesis is consi ... ed teratogens, high concentrations of it can still interfere with epidermal tissue and, thus, cause developmental abnormalities.Finally, the last teratogen tested for its effects on development was et ...

(8 pages) 1983 0 0.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

development of a child

to regress in one skill or another from time to time… It is not until age 4 or 5 years that developmental success or delays are strong indications of what a child will be able to do later".It ...

(10 pages) 1 0 0.0 Jul/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

leader are born or made

d maintain themselves as a leader. Intelligence is not inbred features but this enhance through the developmental process. According to Sykes and frydenberg (2006), "intelligence is a significant fact ... confidence, knowledge without which person cannot be a leader. Bass and Avolio (1994) stated that, "developmental focus research indicate that certain childhood experience exposure to early role model ...

(3 pages) 1 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues