Pro-Life Academy every Tuesday and Thursday. Humans actually DO HATCH. More on that later. To date we have considered the events leading to and including fertilization of the human ovum (egg). Once fertilized, that egg is called a zygote. From here on out the biology becomes extremely complex at the molecular and organismal level. Necessarily, [...]
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Pro-Life Academy. Biology: Embryogenesis (IV)
Posted in Pro-Life Academy, tagged Embryogenesis on February 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Pro-Life Academy. Biology. Embryogenesis (III)
Posted in Pro-Life Academy on February 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Pro-Life Academy every Tuesday and Thursday. Two videos for class today, both contain great information, but are a little out of the norm. The first is a movie from 1947. It may be dated somewhat culturally, but the animated explanations are first rate. Some of the information on fetal development is dated, as it’s a [...]
Pro-Life Academy. Biology: Embryogenesis
Posted in Pro-Life Academy on February 9, 2010 |
NOTICE: Several people have requested that we use the book Embryo: A Defense of Human Life by Robert P. George and Christopher Tollefsen for our Pro-Life Academy. Beginning with the first week of March, we’ll tackle the book at the rate of one chapter per week. I’ll have some bioethicists available for discussions on the [...]
Pro-Life Academy. Biology: Embryogenesis (II)
Posted in Pro-Life Academy, tagged Fertilization, Ovulation on February 2, 2010 |
Pro-Life Academy every Tuesday and Thursday. Warning: This material contains graphic descriptions of the biological events involved in human reproduction. Those under parental supervision should first get permission. Those who may be easily upset by such frank discussion or the content itself are advised to forgo this lesson. Okay, that was the disclaimer. If you’re [...]
Pro-Life Academy. Biology: Embryogenesis (I)
Posted in Pro-Life Academy, tagged Embryogenesis on January 28, 2010 | 21 Comments »
Pro-Life Academy Every Tuesday and Thursday. Double-dip today on the lessons. Check out lesson V on Cells immediately below this post. After that lesson on meiosis and genetic variability, we move into fertilization and the formation of the early embryo, called embryogenesis. Here’s a great overview of where we are headed over the next few [...]
Pro-Life Academy. Biology: Cells (V)
Posted in Pro-Life Academy, tagged crossing over, genetic diversity, meiosis, Personhood on January 28, 2010 | 33 Comments »
Pro-Life Academy Every Tuesday and Thursday. Okay gentle scholars, a double-dip today in two separate posts. First, a final word about diversity in gametes. If it seems that I’m going back and adding details on in layers, go to the head of the class!! One of the great difficulties students encounter in studying meiosis is [...]
Pro-Life Academy. Biology: Cells (III)
Posted in Pro-Life Academy, tagged biological clock, Genetics, meiosis, Pro-Life Academy on January 21, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Pro-Life Academy every Tuesday and Thursday. Fertilization of an egg cell by sperm, as shown above, is an example of sexual reproduction. This method, as we shall examine today, affords the greatest degree of genetic variation among the members of a species, including our own. Following our last lesson where we discussed the ultimate identity [...]
Pro-Life Academy. Biology: Cells (I)
Posted in Pro-Life Academy, tagged Biology, Cells, Pro-Life Academy, Stem Cells on January 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
How long has it been since Biology class? The mere mention of it induces either sweaty palms or deep sleep. For many, it’s been too long and the material was neither clear nor interesting, yet the life issues demand a certain facility with biology. Beginning today, and on every Tuesday and Thursday this blog will [...]
