Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5 – Billion –... By Neil Shuban

Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5 – Billion – Year History of the Human Body
By Neil Shuban
Handy Genes:
Chapter Three Vocabulary:
Tiktaalik
Skate
Cartilaginous
Opaque
Places to mark on your Map:
Demarcate
Boon
Appendages
Dorsal
Cellular Diversity
Essay Questions: Answer questions in essay format. Do not rewrite or number the questions in the essay.
1. Recognizing that sexual reproduction as a vital factor to the complexity of DNA is very important.Please explain sciences very
profound problem in comparing the hands of humans versus the bones in a fish.
2. On page 45 the author beautifully describes how DNA works. This is a key concept in your upcoming freshman biology class.
Read the last two paragraphs at the bottom then summarize the key concept.
3. Interpret the diagram on page 46.
4. On page 48, the author writes about a very controversial topic of embryologists operating on limbs of unborn chickens to study
patterns in bone development. Please read the section MAKING HANDS before taking a stand on which side of the ethical isle
you wish to support. Then write a small blurb of why you are taking that position. Be prepared to debate your side in a class
discussion.
5. .What is the hedgehog gene?
6. Draw a mermaid’s purse and describe it’s role in DNA.
7.
rom pages 55 to 57 write out the scientific method Randy Dahn used to complete the experiment on skates.
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