Biology: Organisms Essays 2008

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Essay 1
Plants may not be as great a sink for anthropogenic atmospheric CO2 as was once thought.
Why might this be the case and what are the possible ecological consequences if this were true?

Essay 2
Why isn't biological mimicry more common?

Essay 3
How and why do the digestive systems of herbivores and carnivores differ?

Essay 4
Is our current understanding of recent human evolution dependant largely or entirely on findings from DNA sequences?

Essay 5
Humans are the only organisms that prepare food by cooking. Does cooked food offer better nutrition than raw food?

Brief 1
Canola and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Brief 2
Human influenza epidemics

Brief 3
Climate change, ecosystem management and apples

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