Instructor: Steven Clark Clark Community College Email: sclark@clark.edu
Here's a link to study and college success from the Clark Counseling Center.
Goodenough Human Biology Web Site
Eye Color Genetics Go into the eye color section. Select the How Is Eye Color Determined box and play around with the possibilities.
On the upcoming exam, I will cull the essay question from this list of topics (Students, please remind me to build this list as we proceed through the next chapters):
o What are the evolutionary benefits of having dark skin in equatorial regions and having lighter skin farther north?
o Why won’t coffee or a cold shower cause a person to sober up?
o Explain what parts of your nervous system are operating when you feel something on your leg, decide it’s a cat then decide to pet it.
o Explain how cocaine impacts your nervous system.
o Explain the development of cancer from a mutation to the point where there is a small tumor.
o Explain why a boy is more likely to be colorblind than is a girl.
o I got my chromosomes from my mom and my dad. Yet a microscopic view may reveal that some of my chromosomes look very much like those of my mom’s mom, Eleanor. Explain.
o I have 16 cousins in my family. My aunts and uncles are all brown-haired. But four of my cousins are red-headed. Is this reasonable or bizarre? In this simplified question, assume brown hair is dominant to red.
I want this to be helpful to you as you study but I don't want people to memorize an answer. Consequently, the essay you see on the test will be related to these but not identical.
