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Gynecomastia Antisha Hudson San Joaquin Valley College Gynecomastia In westernized culture, Men that are affected with man boobs are considered to be undesirable, embarrassing, & sloth-like. Most people do not know it can stem from a medical condition as side effect. The colloquial term of this disease is gynecomastia, & is not well-known to be very common in the medical field. Gynecomastia’s history/discovery, the effects, & the present/future ideas are important information that are relayed in…

Byron Likdisha AP Biology Essay #2 The modern synthesis incorporated Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection and many other fields of science, including genetics, to explain evolution more accurately. When Darwin wrote “On the Origin of Species “, he only explained the first mechanism of evolution, which was natural selection. The modern theory of evolution now highlights three more important mechanisms for evolution, which are mutations, genetic drift, and gene flow. Many…

in the classroom and while shadowing a physician. While these two types of learning are very different, they both are vital aspects of having a holistic education in the biological sciences. Through my major in Cell Biology and Neuroscience, I have also been able to build on my biology foundation by delving more deeply into neuroscience, the facet of the life sciences that most interests me. I also have had hands-on experience working at the cellular level in my laboratory and have developed a…

Developmental Influences and Considerations Life’s circumstances vary from one person to the next. It can be assured that none of us are born for the purpose of becoming addicted to substances, habits or some other demoralizing infatuation. However, life’s experiences are often both good and bad teachers; paving the way for the possibility of debilitating problems which may not be so easily conquered. In the case of Alan, we are offered an idea of how troubles in life can send someone to the…

When Charles Darwin published his work on natural selection, he suggested how absolutely important the ability to adapt is in the natural world. However, the concepts of adaptation and evolution apply to more than survival of the fittest in the natural world and, in fact, hold true in business as well. Founded in the 1930s, the Old Spice company produces hygiene products for men and women, with their original focus being on shaving soap and aftershave lotion (“History of Old Spice,” n.d.). An…

An autopsy is done to gather evidence of a cadaver in an investigation to know the cause and time of death. The individual administering the autopsy is known as the pathologist who is a medical doctor that determines the time, cause, and means of a crime. The pathologist will determine if a weapon was used to kill the victim, whether the victim lived after the injury, evidence of a struggle self-defense or rape/sex related crimes. Algor mortis is one of the three mortises calculates the average…

Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace came to the same conclusion on the study of Evolution and created the Theory of Evolution based off Charles Darwin’s book Origins of Species. Through gathering of support and evidence for his suggestion, at the age of 50 in 1859, Darwin finally published his theory of evolution with the help from Alfred Wallace. Wallace contributed into developing the theory of evolution supporting what Darwin had created. In fact, when the two compared work, the study from…

The purpose of this lab is to help understand how and why animals adapt to their environment. If a specie can adapt well to the environment they will have success in surviving and reproducing. An adaption is any inherited trait that increases the ability of the living things to survive and reproduce. Generation after generation the traits that are heritable become more common in a population. Evolution by natural selection takes place over many generations. This then leads to adaption within a…

The anatomy of a human exists as an extremely complex and complicated phenomena. Although human anatomy primarily falls under biology, it also incorporates various characteristics from other sciences including chemistry. Among these characteristics, lies the relationship that exists between acids and bases for the functionality of the body. Therefore one can conclude that, acid-base reactions affect the human body through its role in the digestive, urinary, and respiratory system while also…

Section 1. Becoming A Your Career Zoologist and wildlife biologist study animals and wildlife habitats and how they interact with the ecosystem. They also study the physical characteristic of animals and their behavior and the impacts humans have on the wildlife and natural habitats. They perform a variety of scientific tests and experiments. For example, they take animals’ blood samples to check their level of nutrition, for disease or even parasites, and they tag animals in order to…