Fall 2017 Writing Assignment
Watch the following video. Then write a couple of paragraphs that include the following:
Describe sickle cell disease. What are the symptoms and why does it cause organ failure.
What led Dr. Allison to initially hypothesize that malaria and sickle cell were linked?
How did he test his hypothesis? How was he able to detect the sickle cell trait with a simple blood test?
Describe why the sickle cell trait, which can cause a deadly disease, has increased in certain populations around the world.
https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/making-fittest-natural-selection-humans
The entire assignment must be in your own words. I WILL check for plagiarism. There should be NO directly quoted parts of your assignment.
You must provide me with a hard copy and email copy. The email copy will be used to detect plagiarism.
Describe sickle cell disease. What are the symptoms and why does it cause organ failure.
What led Dr. Allison to initially hypothesize that malaria and sickle cell were linked?
How did he test his hypothesis? How was he able to detect the sickle cell trait with a simple blood test?
Describe why the sickle cell trait, which can cause a deadly disease, has increased in certain populations around the world.
https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/making-fittest-natural-selection-humans
The entire assignment must be in your own words. I WILL check for plagiarism. There should be NO directly quoted parts of your assignment.
You must provide me with a hard copy and email copy. The email copy will be used to detect plagiarism.