Factual knowledge
- Please describe, briefly, one new piece of factual knowledge that you acquired or developed so far in the BIOL463.
The pair rule gene even-skipped has many different enhancers that control the banded expression pattern in only the even segments in the early Drosophila embryo. The eve2 enhancer has binding sites for Giant, Bicoid, Kruppel, and Hunchback.
- Please describe how you know that you have acquired or developed this piece of factual knowledge, and provide some evidence for it.
I discussed this factual knowledge in class with my peers (especially the first part) and incorporated this knowledge into my answers when we were talking about how eve is expressed in a very specific pattern that is caused by other factors.
Conceptual knowledge
- Please describe, briefly, one new piece of conceptual knowledge that you acquired or developed so far in BIOL463.
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- Please describe how you know that you have acquired or developed this piece of conceptual knowledge, and provide some evidence for it.
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Skills
- Please describe, briefly, one skill that you acquired or developed/are developing so far in BIOL463.
I am developing my ability to differentiate between statements that tell what the data show and statements that tell conclusions that can be drawn from the data and my ability to come up with these statements and state them in a concise manner.
- Please describe how you know that you have acquired or developed this skill, and provide some evidence for it.
In class discussions it is much easier to be able to make statements that fit into these two categories and to separate them into different sections of my answers to questions.
What is factual knowledge useful for?
Think about a piece of factual knowledge that you developed/acquired. Briefly describe what you think it is useful for.
Understanding the enhancer configuration and makeup of the eve2 gene is useful for understanding how eve is regulated and normally expressed. Changing or knocking out these enhancers through experimentation may be able to show eve’s spatiotemporal effect on other genes important in development.
Excellent job! I like how you connected the factual knowledge that you described with the example in the last question. I am glad you are finding it easier to distinguish between descriptions and “direct conclusions” – this is a useful skill to have, especially when you want to evaluate or critique a paper 🙂