Assignment task: Based on the Fluid Mosaic Model research (What history tells us XXX. The emergence of the fluid mosaic model of membranes)
1. Where did how our understanding of the plasma membrane begin? What did we think it looked/acted like back in the 20's and 30's when scientists first started digging into this topic?
2. What evidence led us to think we didn't quite get the structure right in the 20's and 30's?
3. What model emerged in the 1960's? Describe it, don't just name it.
4. Why was the new 1960's model questioned?
5. What are the current opinions regarding plasma membrane structure?