Domain Bacteria and Archaea Domain Characteristics Lab Report

Q1: 8 points: This is a local ecosystem in the Pacific Northwest in an urban wetland.This wetland is a rich ecosystem that is intentionally undisturbed. It contains bogs and ponds that have photosynthetic cyanobacteria, mosses, duckweed and water hyacinths. This areas consists of large trees such as douglas firs, cedar, spruce, birch, alder and maple. Other plants such as salmonberries, blackberries, cloudberries, shelf mushrooms, lichens, ferns, ivy, oregon grape, thistle and horsetails exist under the canopy. This wetland is also home to deer, squirrels, racoons, moles, black bears, lynx, owl, cooper’s hawk, bald eagles, trouts, salmon. The soil is rich with earthworms, spiders, roly polies, centipedes and banana slugs. ● List the 3 different domains of life and explain their distinguishing characteristics. Give examples for each domain of life from this ecosystem and where they would be found in this ecosystem. Include one photoautotroph and one chemoheterotroph with your explanation on this designations.

ORDER CUSTOM, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPER

● Choose two major kingdoms under domain Eukaryota, give 4 examples from EACH Kingdom for with 1-2 sentence explanation on the different groups (phyla/class) your chosen organisms would belong to. Be sure to choose different species using the common name examples given above. You may choose organisms in addition to the ones listed above but they should be part of this ecosystem. Q2: 4 points. Draw a food web from the organism listed above, label the trophic levels and demonstrate the flow of CARBON in this food web. Atleast one trophic level should have more than 1 organism. Your diagram should include atleast 6 organisms. The common names of the organism are needed for the food web. Their images are not required. Q3: 8 points you will be working inheritance pattern with Parent 1 who carries a disease causing allele and Parent 2 who does not carry the allele. The sex chromosome of the disease carrying parent and the allelic inheritance is specified in the table. disease causing allele in Allele is on Allele is sex chromosome parent 1 inherited of Parent 1 Huntington disease chromosome 4 Dominant XY Hemophilia X Chromosome Recessive XX GATA 2 syndrome Chromosome 3 Dominant XX Red green color blindness X Chromosome Recessive XY Assume that these two persons intend to have children together. Draw (hand drawn) out the generation of gametes through meiosis for Parent 1. While drawing the diagram include the person’s genotype, their assigned disease AND: ● 1 paired autosome and one 1 paired sex chromosome in their cell that is undergoing meiosis. The autosome selected be based on disease chosen. ● Your diagram should include steps of Meiosis I and Meiosis II and indicate the chromosome with the deficiency in all the steps. ● Label nuclear membrane, spindle fiber, Centriole, centromere, chromatid atleast once in Meiosis I and atleast once in Meiosis II. ● Write a 1 sentence description of each phase mentioning the name of the chromosome and where the deficiency is located. Indicated how diversity may be generated in the resulting gametes. ● Parent 1 is unaware of their genetic defects are called Generation 1. They have the following offspring in their family. ● Generation 2: 2 offspring are XX and 2 offspring are XY (total 4 offspring) ● Generation 3: EACH of the Gen 2 offspring have 1 XX and 1XY offspring (partners of Generation 2 do not have disease causing alleles) Draw out Pedigree for these 3 generation using the correct symbols and numbering system learned in Week 9. Q4: 8 points. Choose ONE species of your choice from any lineage we discussed in our course. ● Summarize your understanding of evolution by describing Darwin’s four postulates. Demonstrate your understanding of theory of evolution by applying each postulate to this species. 2 points ● For this example species, describe the recognizable phylogenetic groups of the lineage and include the species’ common name and correctly formatted scientific name. ● Describe the ecological role your example species plays in its environment. Add two other species from different trophic levels that your example species interacts with. Highlight and explain two different types of ecological interactions (e.g., commensalism, mutualism, or other) your example species has with these two interacting species Q5: 2 points. Pick your favorite topic discussed this quarter and briefly explain your major learnings from this topic

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score. Domain Bacteria and Archaea Domain Characteristics Lab Report

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading. Domain Bacteria and Archaea Domain Characteristics Lab Report

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours. Domain Bacteria and Archaea Domain Characteristics Lab Report

Domain Bacteria and Archaea Domain Characteristics Lab Report

Domain Bacteria and Archaea Domain Characteristics Lab Report