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Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms. It is generally considered a field of biology, but intersects frequently with many other life sciences and is strongly linked with the study of information systems.

The father of genetics is Gregor Mendel, a late 19th-century scientist and Augustinian friar. Mendel studied "trait inheritance", patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring. He observed that organisms (pea plants) inherit traits by way of discrete "units of inheritance". This term, still used today, is a somewhat ambiguous definition of what is referred to as a gene.

Trait inheritance and molecular inheritance mechanisms of genes are still primary principles of genetics in the 21st century, but modern genetics has expanded beyond inheritance to studying the function and behavior of genes. Gene structure and function, variation, and distribution are studied within the context of the cell, the organism (e.g. dominance), and within the context of a population. Genetics has given rise to a number of subfields, including epigenetics and population genetics. Organisms studied within the broad field span the domain of life, including bacteria, plants, animals, and humans.

Genetic processes work in combination with an organism's environment and experiences to influence development and behavior, often referred to as nature versus nurture. The intracellular or extracellular environment of a cell or organism may switch gene transcription on or off. A classic example is two seeds of genetically identical corn, one placed in a temperate climate and one in an arid climate. While the average height of the two corn stalks may be genetically determined to be equal, the one in the arid climate only grows to half the height of the one in the temperate climate due to lack of water and nutrients in its environment.
1. Who is the "father" of genetics?
2. What did he study?
3. In what organism?
4. Through what did he discover the plants inherited their traits?
5. A more precisely defined version of this is called what?
6. What field includes genetics?
7. Is it strictly contained within biology?
8. What is is strongly connected with?
9. Name one subfield of genetics.
10. What kinds of organisms are studied in genetics?
11. Can the work of genes be switched on and off?
12. By what?

Numbered answers:
1. Gregor Mendel
2. trait inheritance
3. pea plants
4. by way of discrete "units of inheritance"
5. a gene.
6. biology,
7. no
8. study of information systems.
9. Trait inheritance
10. bacteria, plants, animals, and humans
11. yes
12. The intracellular or extracellular environment of a cell

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(CNN) -- A CNN Hero's journey to global recognition begins with a nomination by someone who's been touched by their efforts -- someone like you who wants us to share their story with the world.

History has shown that great things can happen to those selected as CNN Heroes:

Andrea Ivory has nearly doubled the amount of free mammograms she's offered to underserved women in South Florida.

Doc Hendley, of Boone, North Carolina, expanded his sustainable clean-water systems on three continents as well as earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

Dan Wallrath, of Houston, Texas, and his organization, Operation Finally Home, doubled the number of homes they've built for injured veterans.

Anne Mahlum expanded her Philadelphia running program for the homeless into eight cities across the country.

Jordan Thomas of Chattanooga, Tennessee, has delivered prosthetic limbs to children in three countries.

Do you know an everyday person changing the world? It's easy to nominate them as a CNN Hero. Here are some suggestions we hope will help you in crafting your nomination.

Think about what makes your hero special. Ask yourself: What makes my nominee unique? What specific accomplishment has he or she achieved that is truly remarkable? What impact has their work had on others? We encourage you to watch videos of previous CNN Heroes to familiarize yourself with the achievements of the inspiring individuals we honor as "everyday people changing the world."

Take a look at our nomination form. We suggest you review the information requested about yourself, your nominee and their work before filling out your submission.
1. What honor is bestowed by CNN?
2. How does someone become that?
3. What does one have to do to nominate someone?
4. How do you let CNN know?
5. Has anyone from Tennessee won the honor?
6. What has he done?
7. What can getting the honor do for that person?
8. What has Andrea Ivory received?
9. Who from Philadelphia received the award?
10. What kind of program did she run?

Numbered answers:
1. CNN Heroes
2. be nominated.
3. Think about what makes your hero special.
4. nomination form
5. yes
6. delivered prosthetic limbs to children in three countries.
7. unknown
8. nearly doubled the amount of free mammograms she's offered to underserved women in South Florida.
9. Anne Mahlum
10. program for the homeless

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In a modern sense, comedy (from the , "komoidia") refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, and stand-up comedy. The origins of the term are found in Ancient Greece. In the Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to take recourse in ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter.

Satire and political satire use comedy to portray persons or social institutions as ridiculous or corrupt, thus alienating their audience from the object of their humour. Parody subverts popular genres and forms, critiquing those forms without necessarily condemning them.
1. In modern terms what does comedy refer to?
2. How can Greek comedy bed described?
3. how did Northrop Frye characterize these two opposing sides?
4. How does satire and political satire use comedy?
5. Where is comedy especially used?
6. How is youth understood in the portrayal of greek comedy?
7. Where are the origins of the term comedy found?
8. How was the public opinioin of voters influnced in Athenian democracy?
9. How does parody function?
10. How does a revised view characterized the essential agon of comedy?
Numbered answers:
1. any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing
2. a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict.
3. a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old"
4. to portray persons or social institutions as ridiculous or corrupt, thus alienating their audience from the object of their humour.
5. in theatre, television, film, and stand-up comedy
6. the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority
7. in Ancient Greece.
8. by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters.
9. Parody subverts popular genres and forms, critiquing those forms without necessarily condemning them.
10. as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes