Author Archives: Prof. Marie Montes

Hurricane Sandy

We’ve recently experienced one of the worst weather phenomenons that had hit the Northeast Coast. As residents of New York City and adjacent areas we get to see a lot of devastation around us. The effect of this hurricane will … Continue reading

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Mosquitoes and disease

The West Nile Virus represents a public health hazard in the United States.  The virus  is transmitted by a mosquito bite, but it has been demonstrated that it can also be passed on by body fluids, such as breast milk … Continue reading

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Welcome to General Biology!

Welcome to the General Biology site.  Please feel free to read, comment and post any article you consider interesting and relevant to the topics discuss in class.   Hope you have fun with biology!

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