Start Discovering Solved Questions and Your Course Assignments
TextBooks Included
Active Tutors
Asked Questions
Answered Questions
Describe the functions of the following topics: bicuspid valve, Tapedum, lucidum
If a drug were developed which neutralized the positive charges of the tails on histone proteins, how would this affect chromatin structure?
Albino rabbits (lacking pigment) are homozygous for the recessive c allele (C allows pigment formation). Rabbits homozygous for the recessive b allele make brown pigment, while those with at least o
Question 1: Give a testable hypothesis that could be done in lab on Enviromental problems, such as UV-B exposure and/or fungal pathogens on frogs. Question 2: What is restriction enzyme.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using bacteria to express our protein? List four of the traits that make bacteria and viruses ideal organisms for many types of genetic studies. Give two
Name and describe the 2 main mechanisms that cause an effect in which the genotype at a locus does not determine the phenotype of that respective gene.
What do the patient blood measurements indicate? how might these relate to her chronic fatigue? what is jaundice and how might it be produced?
Explain the effects of the geologic revolution and Malthus on Darwin's thinking and its eventual influence on his theories
What is the mechanism utilized by plants to balance their requirement for water with their requirement for carbon?
Question 1: Explain Linker scanning mutation and Reporter assay, and the difference between them Question 2: Compare the growth of the 4 strains in the complex and synthetic media.
Question 1: Explain the roles of cell-mediated immunity and give examples of the types of antigens that might stimulate it. Question 2: Describe events that follow contact of a spermatozoon with an eg
Question 1: Explain/define what an antigen is and how it affects the immune system. Question 2: Describe the equalibrium potentials for Na+ and K+.
Question 1: Discuss (not merely list) the 4 major characteristics by which bacteria are classified Question 2: Define immunocompetence and self-tolerance and explain why it is so important.
Question 1: Does it matter what position the extremity is in when taking a bp. Question 2: What does an EKG show or demonstrate.
Why do recombinant mapping experiments become less accurate when the distances between genes become large? Why population embedded in metapopulations tend to be less prone to extinction?
What does extracellular degradation mean in terms of microbiology? What is it and how microbes use it or what a microbe will do to it?
A common garden experiment controls for the effect of what factor on the phenotype? a. genotype b. environment c. natural selection d. recombination
How does lateral inhivitation work? Why is knowledge of the heritability of a trait important for the study of evolution?
What is a morphogen? How do morphogens affect patterning of Drosophila segments? What are the common features of signaling pathways?
Describe the interaction between the PAR-2 and PAR-3 proteins and their role asymmetrical cell division. What is the role of the polarity mediators?
Question 1: What do we mean when we say a cell is competent? Question 2: Of the four major paracrine signaling pathways (FGF, Wnt, TGF-beta and hedgehog), a) which pathways can be turned on by a nul
What are its advantages/disadvantages, and how has it informed our knowledge about calcium-dependent physiology.
How do we determine whether an unfamiliar organism is a new species? List the different species concepts and discuss their strengths and limitations.
hermodynamics in an important consideration in understanding energy metabolism in biological processes. Free energy, G, is the amount of energy available for work, and is related to the total energ