Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Frog Lab

In science class, we dissected a frog. My group and I were lucky when we started to open the frog because ours wasn't that big compared to others almost twice the size. That means that we didn't have a lot of fat to take out. After taking out the little fat, we came across the organs. The organs looked so disgusting. The organs consisted of a heart, stomach, lungs, liver, and bladder. There was no blood because the frog had been preserved. The frogs smelled really bad because of the preservatives. The back legs were muscular because they were the rescue legs that helps a frog escape from a predator or get out in any situation. The legs were also longer than the whole body itself! Over all, the frog lab was really fun, but at the same time it was disgusting.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Cloning

Cloning is a huge topic on everyone's mind these days. There are several types of cloning, Molecular Cloning which separates a defined sequence of DNA and getting multiple copies of it. The second type of cloning is Cellular Cloning, in this cloning, its deriving a population of cells from a single cell. The next cloning system is Therapeutic Cloning where the object is to harvest stem cells that can be used to study human development. The last cloning system is Organism Cloning where the procedure is to create a multicellular organism, that looks close to another. Organism Cloning is an asexual form of cloning. It is also the most common type of cloning, used to clone animals like cows and pigs for food. Cloning is an important topic because it helps to make more food out of animals. This information has been out since February 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning