Some anaerobic bacteria use an alternative pathway for glucose catabolism, as shown in the attached figure, that converts glucose to acetate rather than pyruvate. The first part of the pathway (glucose to fructose bis-phosphate) is identical to glycolysis. In the second part of the alternative pathway, Enzymes 1-6 all have […]

The following are one-two word answer questions. 1. The bond between a phosphate group and the ribose sugar group in RNA is called which of the following? 2. Alternative Splicing is the process that does what to the exons and introns? 3. What codon starts a protein open reading frame?  […]

The Hardy-Weinberg Equation How can we make predictions about the characteristics of a population? Why? Punnett squares provide an easy way to predict the possible genotypes for an offspring, but it is not practical to perform a Punnett square analysis on all possible combinations of all members of a population […]

Many people outside of China believe that the country’s effort to reduce birth rates, through its one-child policy, does not justify its methods. Do you agree? Can you think of any future, unintended consequences for China as a result of adopting this policy? Offer an alternative technique (one not currently […]