The HeLa Experience:
Session One (1)
Part One (1): Life; Chapters Five-Ten (5-10)
Chapter Lectures and Annotation Supports
Part One (1): LIFE
Chapter Five (5): "Blackness by Spreadin All Inside" 1951
Chapter Six (6): "Lady's on the Phone" 1999
Chapter Seven (7): The Death and Life of Cell Culture 1951
Chapter Eight (8): "A Miserable Specimen" 1951
Chapter Nine (9): Turner Station 1999
Chapter Ten (10): The Other Side of the Tracks 1999
The Science of Cells
Cell Identification & Classification
Two (2) major types of cells: prokaryotic (simple) and eukaryotic (complex)
Further subdivided into plant and animal cells based on Structure & Function!
In humans (animal cells), there are four (4) major categories/types of cell:
- connective
- epithelial (this is the type of cell that became cancerous in Henrietta's cervix)
- muscle
- nervous
Comparative Embryology
If you recall from our third (3rd) Instructional Segment (IS3) in Biology: The Living Earth, Evidence of Evolution, we discussed commonalities (MRCA) amongst organisms throughout the phylogenic tree of life. In the third (3rd) Topic (IS3.T3) of that segment, we elaborated upon homologous structures such as bones and teeth. (Recall "one bone, two bones, eight bones, phalanges!")
There are, in all, three (3) major areas of comparative study that offer credence to the claims of Evolution through Natural Selection:
- Homologous and Analogous Structures
- Comparative Embryology
- Genomic Comparison/Relation (DNA/RNA similarities)