This document provides 20 potential essay topics for the BIO1001 Fall 2017 course. The topics cover a wide range of subjects in biology including alternative medicine, plant adaptations, genetics, cell therapy, plant-herbivore interactions, fungal classification, plant domestication, allergies, soil ecology, GMO crops, extinction events, insect evolution, avian evolution from dinosaurs, viral evolution in humans, and pesticide effects on pollinators.
This document provides 20 potential essay topics for the BIO1001 Fall 2017 course. The topics cover a wide range of subjects in biology including alternative medicine, plant adaptations, genetics, cell therapy, plant-herbivore interactions, fungal classification, plant domestication, allergies, soil ecology, GMO crops, extinction events, insect evolution, avian evolution from dinosaurs, viral evolution in humans, and pesticide effects on pollinators.
This document provides 20 potential essay topics for the BIO1001 Fall 2017 course. The topics cover a wide range of subjects in biology including alternative medicine, plant adaptations, genetics, cell therapy, plant-herbivore interactions, fungal classification, plant domestication, allergies, soil ecology, GMO crops, extinction events, insect evolution, avian evolution from dinosaurs, viral evolution in humans, and pesticide effects on pollinators.
This document provides 20 potential essay topics for the BIO1001 Fall 2017 course. The topics cover a wide range of subjects in biology including alternative medicine, plant adaptations, genetics, cell therapy, plant-herbivore interactions, fungal classification, plant domestication, allergies, soil ecology, GMO crops, extinction events, insect evolution, avian evolution from dinosaurs, viral evolution in humans, and pesticide effects on pollinators.
1. Alternative medicine: can it be effective 2. Drought tolerant plants: is it the solution to food security? 3. A history of modern genetics: from Mendel to today 4. Genetic testing 5. Cell therapy: just add water? 6. Plant-herbivore coevolution 7. The diversity of Brassicaceae 8. Chasing corals: how do they respond to climate change 9. Blunting CRISPRs scissors gives new insight to autoimmune disorders 10. Gut bacteria that talk to human cells 11. Kingdom fungi: are they plants or animals? 12. Plant domestication. 13. Why we get allergies? 14. The importance of soil organisms in agriculture 15. Golden rice: the ups and downs of the invention 16. How mammals and reptiles beat extinction 17. Asian and African bettles: same species but different diet 18. Did dinosaurs shrink and become birds? 19. Herpesvirus: what can it tell us about ancient humans? 20. Pesticides and honeybees