ESP Biography
EDWARD GROW, Stanford genetics grad student
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Major: Genetics College: Stanford Year of Graduation: G |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Graduated from Missouri-Columbia in 2007 with a BA in music and a BS in biology. Professional opera singer and subsistence agriculture activist. Currently pursuing a PhD in genetics at Stanford. Past Classes(Look at the class archive for more.)How to identify any insect and impress your friends! in Splash! Spring 2010
Have you ever wondered how to tell if an insect is a butterfly, a wasp, a bee, or a beetle?
With a brief introduction to insect taxonomy, we will spend the rest of our time classifying dead and live insects using a dichotomous key.
Because being able to say, "Hey, look, there's a blattaria on my begonias" is so much cooler than "Look, a bug!"
How to identify any insect and impress your friends! in Splash! Fall 2009
Have you ever wondered what kind insect you found flying outside your window, crawling on your dog, or hovering over a flower?
By using a dichotomous key and a brief introduction to insect anatomy, we will spend most of our time using pinned and live specimens to practice our insect identification skills. Because saying, "I found a lepidoptera pollinating my begonias" is so much cooler than, "Hey, there's a bug."
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