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Use the IRAC method and ensure that you have identified the case problem.  Case analyses are extremely helpful in that an analysis teaches you how to read a case.  You will always want a heading which gives the case name and its citation <where to find the case>.  The facts […]

In many organisms including human, some tissues are triploid rather than diploid. The c value for human is 3 x 10^9 bp and a normal diploid cell contains 46 chromosomes. From this information please determine how many chromosomes will be visible in a karotype of a triploid cell and the […]

Widespread resistance of malarial parasite to drugs like chloroquine has prompted attempts to develop a malarial vaccine to combat malaria. Why is it difficult to develop an effective malaria vaccine? A. Malaria is caused by several species of Plasmodium. B. Man does not develop immunity to malaria during natural infection. […]

The bacterium Helicobactor pylori naturally grows in human and animal stomachs at pH about 2. It will grow also at pH 2 and pH 7 in culture media. It’s genome sequence has been determined and annotated. You are assigned to determine which genes, if any, are highly expressed and which […]