1. Explain what it means to be lactase deficient and the ramifications.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
2. Where do you think people have more mitochondria: in skin cells or muscle cells? Explain why.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
3. In Madeleine L'Engle's children's novel, A Wrinkle in Time, the mitochondria in one of the characters start to die. Describe what would happen to people who lost their mitochondria and explain why it would happen. (You do not need to be familiar with the book to be able to answer the question.) Are there any real diseases that are caused by a malfunction of mitochondria?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. You must also use at least one outside source. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
4. Describe the three stages of cellular respiration, where they occur in the cell, the substrates and reactants for each stage, and the number of ATP each stage produces.
Your response should be at least 500 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.