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Symbiotic Relationships

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  When it comes to relationships, I promise I am no expert considering I have been single for the entirety of my 18 years that I have walked this planet. But luckily, I do not have to be expert in romantic relationships to t ell you about symbiotic relationships. What exactly is a symbiotic relationship you might ask? It is not the puppy love that you had with that guy you saw in the hallway who did not even know you existed let alone your name. A symbiotic relationship is “ defined as a close, prolonged association between two or more different biological species ( Brusowankin , 2022). To simplify that definition, it is the relationship between or ongoing interaction between organisms of varied species . But j ust as humans have many layers when it comes to the relationships we partake in, so do symbiotic relationships .         There are many different forms of symbiotic relationships including: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. Each of these kind...
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Punnet Squares/ Genes

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  I have a question for the person reading this. “Why is diarrhea hereditary? Because it runs through our jeans !” I know that joke is disgusting but it is true. All of us as humans have genes that are passed down from our parents that make u p our physical traits. The type of genes I am talking about is not the ones you can buy at American Eagle, those are JEANS. According to the Webster Dictionary, the gene I am talking about is “a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristics of the offsprings.”   So how exactly how does this happen? Well people usually have two copies of chromosomes (thread like structure made or proteins and a single molecule). One copy is inherited from your mother by her egg. The other copy is inherited by your father by his sperm. A sperm and an egg each contain one set of 23 chromosomes. When the egg is fertilized by the sperm, two copies of each chromosome are present, creating...
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