Biology Assignment Question 1: Form and Function Pick a specific organ or structure from the systems covered this week.(skin) Describe how its form supports its function. Be prepared to discuss the relationship of form and function in general and to suggest ways that particular organs or structures might be improved […]

Use the Internet and / or the Strayer Learning Resource Center to research aspects of biology. Select an article from a magazine or newspaper that has something in it that pertains to biology. This will serve as the “target article” for this assignment. For instance, you can select an article […]

1. Do Web research to name a gene, other than BRCA1, that increases risk of developing breast cancer when mutant. What is the process or mechanism that the mutation disrupts? 2. Discuss how alternate splicing can complicate the study of mutations in the BRCA1 gene. 3. Distinguish between a hereditary […]

In recombination in bacteriophage genetics experiment, instead of the mixed T4 rII phage strains being placed in a test tube containing KCN (potassium cyanide), the mixture is diluted 100 fold in 9.9mL of nutrient broth. What is the purpose of this dilution? Note: I am referring to step 2 in the […]