Responding to Gattaca

Shannon Hanley

Mr. Bursch

31 January 2013

Honors Biology period 4

Responding to Gattaca

   

    “You can go to great lengths with this guy’s helix.”

    Vincent wants to work at Gattaca and fly into space, but cannot because of his genetic makeup.

However Jerome has excellent genes, but is a wheelchair and is unable to reach his dreams. He

still wants to help someone else in need. Vincent agrees, because he has wanted to work at

Gattaca for his whole life, and has something to prove. Vincent has been told many times in his

life that he would never be able to work at Gattaca or even see the inside of a rocket unless he

 was cleaning it. Vincent wants to prove to everyone that he can fly in space even with his heart

problem. This is the only way he can.

Responding to GATTACA:

by Leah Poapst

"You can go to great lengths with this guy's helix"– man who brings Vincent and Jerome together.

Vincent Freeman, an invalid, who is always genetically discriminated, has a dream to travel in a spaceship into space. Unfortunately, invalids are incapable of going. The only way for him to be close to his dream is by being a janitor, but luckily he was introduced to Jerome Morrow, a man with a perfect genetic profile. This quote is important and significant, because it indicates everything Vincent can do by using Jerome's identity. Therefore, in order to reach his dream and become valid, Vincent impersonates Jerome and uses his DNA. In the end of the movie, after working for GATTACA and passing all tests by using Jerome's DNA, Vincent accomplished his dream.

One of a Kind: Wonders of Biodiversity

We have been experimenting with cauliflower, however it has died. We didn't water the plants enough, so they became dehydrated and died. The parent plants are unknown because we got the seeds i  a pouch. They will not have offspring since they died, but if they did they would be leafy green plans with with white flowers.(I dont exacly know what the part you eat is called) Our plants all had white heads, which is most likely the dominant trait.  Other cauliflower variations can be purple or orange. Another Variation is with the head of the plant there can be complex patterns in the growth, seen in fig 1.

                               (fig 1)

One of a Kind: The Wonders of Biodiversity

      -Leah Poapst

     Our group was experimenting with a cauliflower, which has died. The cauliflower is a vegetable that reproduces by seed. Our cauliflower was white (most common color), although cauliflower can vary in different colors such as orange, green, purple and white. My teams cauliflower came from a package of multiple seeds, therefore we can only predict what it would look like from the photo. Our plant would have inherited a large, fluffy, and white center like its parent plant. The cauliflower would acquire some of these traits (if it had survived) by meiosis, in which the result of the two divisions of a diploid cell would be four haploid cells. This means that the next generation of the plant would have half the genetic material of the original cell. We cannot predict the traits of the offspring but we can imagine a similar look, due its dominant traits.
The varieties of Brassica oleracea was probably changed during the process of meiosis, due to crossing-over. Although my classmates plants look different they may still have some similarites.

One of a Kind: Wonders of Biodiversity

We are experimenting with cauliflower but since it died, we are no longer doing so. It was thriving, but the lack of water killed it. The parent plants are unknown since they came from a pouch but I can assume they were unhappy with our doings. They will not have offspring but if they did they would be growing outside healthy without Arizona, salt water, or sugar water. They would be green, obviously, and have offspring of there own, but since I did not see my plant in its glory, I can not make more assumptions. They would acquire these traits by going through meiosis and could be unique by crossing over and independent assortment. After meiosis occurring multiple times they would be nearly unrecognizable from each other. Just like our classmates' plants, our plant had been through meiosis a lot and their parents produced unique offspring. Even though our plants originated from a single Brassica oleracea, they have changed extremely since then creating all these plant species.

Prophase 1

Metaphase 1

Anaphase 1

Crossover

Still Anaphase 1

Still Anaphase 1

Telephase 1

cytokenisis

2 Daughter cells

Mitosis 2 and final Result

Leah's Seed Story

Cameron Myers

Biology, Period 4

Mr Bursch

13 December 2012

                         She has learned about photosynthesis. For example, when plants have photosynthesis it gives people oxygen. She enjoyed watching our tiny seeds grow into bigger healthier plants (even though they died recently). Her most amazed event occurred when the seeds germinated off of Arizona Green Tea. It also grossed her out seeing all of the mold on the bag(which looked similar to a pizza). She cannot wait what the fantastic garden will look like later in the year.