Biology Department Integrative Exercise  Welcome to the Senior
Integrative Exercise. These pages contain the definitive set of
requirements and instructions, and should be consulted as
questions arise during the course of your comps work. If you
have any questions, please contact John Tymoczko, who will be in
charge of the comps requirement in Biology for the year.  There
are three requirements that must be completed successfully to
pass Biology comps:    1. Submit a synopsis and bibliography
that provides an answer to the question you've chosen from the
list provided. The synopsis is limited to 10,000 characters
(approximately 5-6 pages). Spaces, references, tables and figure
legends do NOT count toward the character limit. Detailed
instructions are given in "Form and Style of the Synopsis and
Bibliography" below. This written assignment is due at the end
of your first comps term.   2. Make an oral presentation of up
to 25 minutes, based on your answer to the chosen question. The
presentation is immediately