Describe how you would identify E. coli mutants that cannot utilize galactose as a carbon (energy) source. You are given a test tube containing E. coli grown under full nutrition, a spreader, filter paper, Petri plates with agar gel containing various nutrients, and an incubator. There are two kinds of […]

Short Answer Questions: 1. a) A badger living in Oklahoma could hunt for either scorpions or ground squirrels (or both). Scorpions provide only 10 calories each, but require only 2 minutes to find, on average, with an additional 3 minutes to remove the stinger; ground squirrels offer 1000 calories, but […]

Q1. Your search for Genes A, B, and C are independently assorting and control the production of a black pigment. Suppose that A, B, and C act in the following pathway: colourless A, B, C black, the alternative alleles that give abnormal functioning of these genes are designated a, b, […]

Hemoglobin & Transport of O2 & CO2 Include drawings, equations, graphs, etc. where appropriate. 1. Define the following: prosthetic group, fractional saturation, allosterism, cooperativity, Bohr effect, isohydric carriage, respiratory acidosis & alkalosis, metabolic acidosis & alkalosis. Please provide examples. 2. Describe the interactions (e.g., H-bonding) that are involved in the […]