Ecology homework help

week 6

• What applications of CRISPR look particularly promising for improving human well-being? Justify your response.
• Discuss the ethical issues you believe have arisen or are likely to arise with the deployment of CRISPR.

week 7

• Explain why the relationship between these two species is considered an example of coevolution.
• What did you find most interesting or significant about how the rattlesnake population adapts to the squirrel’s defenses against its venom?

week 8

• Discuss the factors that make Alaskan waters in the summertime an optimal place and time for new strains of influenza to arise by genetic reassortment.
• What do you think is the most interesting aspect of this situation?

week 10
 

• Why do you think that many keystone species are predators at the top of the food chain in their respective ecosystems?
• What do you think is the most interesting or significant facet of the video?