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Boston University OT Program Ranks Top in Its Class for Fifth Straight Year by U.S. News & World Report
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Principles of Biology II
Deveena Derick (CAS’29) (from left), Avril Lee (CAS’29), and Mariam Dzidzikashvili (CAS’29) study mitosis and meiosis—types of cell division—in a Principles of Biology II lab by using pop beads to model chromosomes undergoing the processes. They also used compound microscopes to view plant cells going through mitosis and human karyotypes—chromosome profiles—to learn about various chromosome disorders.
Photo by Cydney Scott
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