Biology Answers

explain the difference between pollination and fertilization in plants.

Explain the components of leaf tissue morphology – mesophyll layers (palisade, spongy) – What are the functions of these leaf parts?

Explain the major groups of plants (bryophytes, seedless vascular, gymnosperms, angiosperms -- and then monocot/dicot among the angiosperms)

Explain why commensalism is difficult to demonstrate and think about why other interactions (called amensalism (0/-) and spite (-/-) relationships) are exceedingly rare or nonexistent (think about this in an evolutionary context.)

Name a few different plant defense strategies. What is the difference between an induced and a constitutive defense in plants?

What parties are involved in the following relationships (and be able to identify slides/specimens of the following. Explain what each member of the symbiotic relationship is doing in these pairs-

Lichen

Termites/gut protists

 The parasite that was found in the online fecal float activity

Bobtail squid/bacteria

Explain

1. Definition of symbiosis mutualism, parasitism, commensalism (how is parasitism different from predation?)
2. Symbiont vs host (define, determine if I give a hypothetical story about a parasite)
3. Definitive host vs intermediate host (what happens where)
4. Ecto vs endoparasite

Forensic Entomology - Legal investigations

Provide a detailed description of how you would dispose of a body in a current circumstance, with the use of insects and would there be any need to take any additional precautions? 

Trace of blood flow beginning with the left ventricle to the first digit of the left foot and back again

Can nanopore technology help in curing cancer at molecular level?