1. Why does DNA replicate from 5′ to 3′ end, instead of from 3′ to 5′ end? 2. Why do we need DNA polymerase I and not just DNA polymerase III, if polymerase I is just initiating DNA replication and polymerase III does all the “heavy lifting” and continues it, […]

Reporter genes are often used to study how the transcription of a particular gene is controlled during fruit fly development. You are interested in a gene called brainless that you think is involved in neural cell development.a. Draw or describe how the reporter gene construct would be constructedb. Give an […]

Q1. Yellow guinea pigs (Y) crossed with white (Y’) guinea pigs always produce cream colored offspring. What kind of inheritance is operating here? If you crossed two cream guinea pigs, what is the possibility of yellow offspring? Of white offspring? Of cream offspring? Q2. While Mexican hairless dogs are crossed […]

PURPOSE: The purpose of this assignment is for the student to learn to assimilate, analyze, critique, and summarize an original research article. Student is to select a report of a single, original study that has been published within the last five years from the CCN Library. COURSE OUTCOMES Through this […]