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Give an example of the mutation accumulation hypothesis (of senescence)- you may use a hypothetical organism and/or traits ,provided it is realistic.
Question 1: Why is starch required for thermogenesis? Question 2: Which of the following is not a mechanism by which bacteria acquire genetic variation? A. mutation B. horizontal gene transfer C. pick
Question 1: What is the nervous system? Question 2: Cyanobacteria are very important in the ecosystem cycling of what element? a) sulfur b) nitrogen c) carbon d) oxygen e) phosphorus
Question 1: What is the function of a dust cell? Please do not provide cut and paste answers and please include a source. Question 2: What concentration of competitive inhibitor is required to yield
Question 1: What is the importance of clonal deletion in the thymus? Question 2: Describe how the immune system responds to cancer, and how cancer cells evade immune responses.
Question 1: A patient died from septice caused by E. Coli. The patient had undergone surgery to remove a portion of hos colon. Explain why this microbe, which normally lives in the colon could kill
Question 1: Explain why catalyst must affect the rate of a reaction in both directions. Question 2: What do homeotic, or Hox genes control? What would happen if you were to mutate one of the Hox genes
Question 1: Describe the number between a lytic & lysogenic bacteriophage infection Question 2: Since viruses lack metabolic enzyme, how can they synthesize necessary viral components Question 3:
Question 1: Are microbially produced fuels an economically viable renewable fuel source? Question 2: How could you distinguish between cospeciation and host shift?
Two cooties with the following genotypes are mated: Cootie 1 (RrWwPpLlBb) and Cootie 2 (RRwwPPLlBB). What is the phenotype of each cootie? What traits are dominant? What traits are recessive?
Question 1: Explain how auditory system detects the loudness of speech? and how it encodes pitch and frequency. Question 2: What is the goal behind desensitization(allergy shot)?
Question 1: How is fermentation different than anaerobic respiration? Question 2: What is meant by a cycle in PCR? What are the stages in each cycle and what happens in each stage?
Question 1: What are restriction enzymes and what are they used for in molecular biology? Question 2: What is Taq Polymerase? Question 3: Where was/is it found in nature?
Describe succession along coastal sand dunes, bogs and old fields. Be sure to both distinguish between primary and secondary succession and name specific plant species in each en
Question 1: What is the difference between passive and active transport through a cell membrane? Which method allows a cell to concentrate a substance inside itself? Question 2: Why don't they make
What is the difference between a transgenic animal and a cloned animal? What are restriction enzymes and what are they used for in molecular biology?What is Taq Polymerase?
Question 1: Briefly explain the function of ATP synthase and the importance of ATP to all cells. Question 2: Why would a typical animal cell lyse (explode) if placed into a container of plain water?
Question 1: What type of molecules are enzymes ? Question 2: What wavelengths of light are best suited for use in photosynthesis?
Question 1: What color is the sky really? Question 2: Why are enzymes critical to the function of cells? That is, why not simply let chemical reaction occur without interference?
Question 1: Would the presence of an RNA synthesis inhibitor be likely to interfere with replication in bacteria? Question 2: Design a yeast strain that smells like bananas when fed a medium that co
Question 1: What mechanism for the evolution of altruism, if any, is likely to operate in blue jays? Question 2: State two conditions that are required for the mechanism that you propose. Pick one
Question 1: How much atp from cataabolism of unsaturatedfatty acid? Question 2: What are the possible outcomes when populations that have been long separated geographically come back into secondary