An article from Toshiya

I found an interesting internet page about the world differences of the comming of age traditions. The meanings of "adult" or "development" are vary in world wide and cultures. This topic is also covered page 161 in our textbooks.


http://www.globalcitizen.org/Content/Content.aspx?id=070c47a6-f0df-4680-88e7-a80158cdacc6

Eyes and Genes

http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/determining-dominant-and-recessive-traits

Fetal Blood Flow

http://www.m.webmd.com/baby/fetal-blood-flow

AIDS and Mothers

http://www.news-medical.net/news/2005/11/28/14706.aspx

Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome

http://www.healthline.com/health/basal-cell-nevus-syndrome#Overview1

Thought this article went along really well with our reading for today.
This is another disorder that was not mentioned in the book that is caused by a gene mutation.

Welcome to Developing Child in the 21st Century!

So this blog is a place for you to post articles, short stories, videos, photos, concerns...anything that you feel is relevant to our discussions in EPY 223.  I look forward to seeing your thinking and how it relates to the world around us!

Warmly, Dr. G

This is an article that sums up a great deal of what we will be discussing the first few weeks!

Nature vs. Nurture