Feel free to browse these- specific assignments will be made later in the semester

Some articles selected from the "popular" literature of Biology.

1.   Here is an attempt to explain fact vs. hypothesis vs. theory
2.   Dead Dog Lives On.(The Loom)
3.   Mom and Dad are Fighting. (Discover Magazine)
4.   The role of the MHC in mate selection. (American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunology Quarterly)
5.   The Gene Puzzle (Newsweek)
6.   Origin of Eukaryotes (Science)
7.   Origin of Sexual Reproduction (Science)
8.   Now: The Rest of the Genome (New York Times)
9.   The Devil in Dover (San Francisco Chronicle)
10. The Frightening Agenda of the American Eugenics Movement (History News Network)
11. The High-Tech Search for a Cleaner Biofuel Alternative (Yale Environment 360)

Several of these were written by Carl Zimmer- he is one of the best science journalists writing today.  He has a blog called "the Loom" that you might find interesting.