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compared the results to the online genome index GenBank using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST). After analyzing the results of the alignment programs and the genome index, I determined the genus and species of my group’s sample as being Crotalus durissus, a pit-viper located in Southern and Central America. This data was determined with an E-value of 2 x 10^-5 and was taken from the mitochondrial gene with a 97% accuracy match out of 187 nitrogenous base groups. Introduction: Deoxyribonucleic

Often in Pennsylvania many people walk passed one of these 3 types of snakes without being aware they are in their presence. In Pennsylvania there are very few, but extremely venomous snakes. With all of them living in varied habitats, these snakes are found throughout the entire state. These 3 snakes are the timber rattlesnake, the eastern massasauga, and the copperhead (Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission). The venom these snakes contain can be very dangerous and harmful and they can all affect

Intro “Each year around 1 million people world wide are bitten by snakes, and around 30,000 to 40,000 of the snake bite victims die from the venomous injection of a venomous snake. Of the 2,000 species of snakes, about 400 are venomous. The cobra, coral snake, and rattlesnake are common examples of venomous snakes.” (Snake2). Knowing this information and more can possibly save yours or somebody else’s life when put into a situation when you have been bitten by a snake and can’t identify it

Chapter No: 3 Literature Review: A vaccine is a basically biological preparation that provides acquired immunity to a specific disease. A vaccine contains specific antigen that produce specific antibodies It is often made from weak or killed forms of the microorganism. The antigens stimulate the body's immune system to recognize the specific agent as a alarm, work against it, and keep its memory it so that the immune system can more easily work and destroy these specific microorganisms. Vaccines

On October 19th 2017, my classmates and I had the opportunity to visit the Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Center. During our visit, we toured the facility and were privileged to have an employee inform us on the grand diversity of the species found in our region. Throughout the tour, we observed and discussed a variety of animals, however in this paper I decided to focus on five: The first species we encountered during our tour was a bobcat or Lynx rufus. The bobcat’s phylum is chordata and from

Introduction The Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) is a small mammal that is endemic to the United States. They live in the eastern part of the United States in deciduous forests. Their species can be found from the Appalachian Mountains through the interior Highland regions, including western Connecticut to northern Alabama (Castleberry et al 2006). Woodrats are restricted to areas that have rocky structures such as caves, fissures, and boulder piles and live within the spaces between rocks

D. Virginiana (Didelphis Marsupialis) The text of this paper will cover a description of D. virginiana, its ecology, history, and research involving the species. The first topic to be discussed by this paper is a description of D. virginiana, which was until recently referred to as Didelphis marsupialis. The description of the opossum will start with a taxonomic description of the species. Following, will be the opossums appearance, and last will be the life cycle