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This seminar links to NCEA Level 3 Achievement Standards:
- AS 90715 Describe the role of DNA in relaton to Gene Expression
- AS 90716 Describe animal behaviour and plant responses in relation to environmental factors
- AS 90718 Describe applications of biotechnological techniques
A list of objectives from your Year 13 programme that link into the seminar can be found in the pre-seminar discussion paper.
Useful resources for this seminar
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
FAO 2008 The State of Food Insecurity in the World
Plant Molecular Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand—Functional Genomics Texture Group Plant and Growth
The World as You have Never Seen it Before
The Complete Works of Charles Darwin On-line - The Movement of Plants, 1880