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You decided to investigate the role of c function genes during flower development in the flowers of Mimulus, which is a relative of Antirrhinum. The Mimulusgenome has been sequenced and you have id
Grandfather of a young child has been having the following symptoms: unexplained fatigue, bloody stools, and diarrhea.
Write a hypothesis about how you think mean stomatal density will differ between groups
How many water molecules would be produced from the dehydration reactions associated with making a protein that has a primary structure consisting of 290 amino acids and that has a quarternary struc
Briefly explain the difference between bioaugmentation and biostimulation.
What would be the best treatment strategy for treating a site contaminated with dense non aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) such as trichloroethane
You would like to improve the ability of plants to remove arsenate from contaminated soil.
Describe with examples how combining the metabolic traits of plants and microorganisms can potentially lead to improved bioremediation systems.
What, in your opinion, was the most significant problem of early biomaterial applications? Why? What is biocompatibility, and why is it important?
Why is cooking meat to a temperature of 165 f considered to destroy the replicating ability of all potential bacteria? Please don't just say that it's the temp that all bacteria is killed, because i
I am working with lungs from mice, and I want to do a western blot analysis to my samples. I am having trouble with this because my images turn out very "messy", with a high background.
Can that person's immune system be strong enough that it can kill the Plasmodium before it starts entering into red blood cells to rupture them? Please describe it.
After washing, these vesicles were solubilized by detergent. Then, it was loaded on to a GTP-agarose column (to bind GTP binding proteins to the column). In the last step GTP binding proteins were e
Do new beneficial mutation evolve simultaneously and independently with several individuals of the same specie or only with one specimen who then transfers it to all of the specie
And the values in Wikipedia about Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam and I am not sure I understand the concept behind them.When talking about a maternal unbroken linage and a paternal unbroke
First of all let me say that I'm not into Biology myself... but I have a question for those of you who are.From what I've read, cancer is caused by 'faulty' DNA that behaves abnormally. Mutations ca
I see some popular science articles on the plastic eating bacteria and fungi appearing on the web since 2009. Most of the articles praise discoveries, because such organisms promise to break down pl
DNA sequences can also be used for phylogenetic analysis, but this approach relies on the growth and cultivation of microorganisms in the lab and knowledge of specific gene products and sequences.
You isolate DNA from a particular organism and analyze it. The amount of adenine was 9 µmoles and the A+T/G+C ratio is 3.0. How much guanine should be in the sample?
However, I thought it's counter intuitive because the large body slows down locomotion, requires lots of food and energy upkeep, is a big flesh target for predators, makes hiding ineffective.
What factors must be taken into account for the maintenance of the immunogenicity of ovalbumin antigen
I just learned that ATP cannot be stored in excess and is only made by the body when it is needed. What makes ATP, like glucose and fat is what is stored under the skin or wherever.
I've gotten conflicting advice on this: some people believe one can remove RNase contamination simply by spraying the bench, pipettes, gloves, etc. with ethanol
Why and how does the proton travelling through the stalked particle in the inner mitochondrial membrane, cause a conformational change in the ATPase
According to the Wikipedia page on the design of gills, oxygen has a diffusion rate in air 10,000 times greater than in water. Is that true?