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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
Which kind of phospholipid motion is very rare without enzymatic catalysis? A.flip-flopping between monolayers B.lateral diffusion C.flexion of fatty acid side chains
Which kind of bonds occur in proteins between consecutive amino acids? A.phosphodiester bonds B.condensation bonds C.peptide bonds
Question 1: Can someone please explain fusion in evolutionary biology and give me an example. Question 2: What is phenotypic plasticity? Explain with the help of example.
Describe each type of metabolism listed below and give an example of each. 1. Phospholipid Metabolism 2. Sphingolipid Metabolism 3. Isoprenoid or Cholesterol Metabolism
Which statement below best describes the difference between a dominant gene and a recessive gene? A.dominant genes are stronger than recessive genes B.domiant genes aid in survival of the organism w
Which of the following best describes the difference between alleles and genes? A.alleles are temporary; genes are permanent B.alleles are variations of a gene C.alleles are inherited, genes are not
Describe the microscopic and macroscopic organization of the human body. Start by describing how the body is compartmentalized into cavities/spaces surrounded by isolating barriers at the macroscopic
All enteric bacteria stain similarly and are therefore identified using these tests. A-Light microscope identification B-Motility tests C-Features in their colonial growth