Q1. Suppose that the allele controlling brown eyes (B) is dominant over those controlling blue eyes (b) in human beings. (In actuality, eye colour in humans is an example of multigene inheritance, which is much more complex than this.) A blue-eyed man marries a brown-eyed woman; and they have six […]

The coat color in mink is controlled by two codominant alleles at a single locus. Red coat color is produced by the genotype R1R1, silver coat by the genotype R1R2, and platinum color by R2R2. White spotting of the coat is a recessive trait found with the genotype ss. Solid […]

Part 1. Google “Transforming a Clinician Into an Investigator”.  Click on the top Medscape.org hit.  Watch the FDA panel discussion (maybe slow to load, and you may have to create an account) and answer the questions below in your own words, together with your thoughts on the topic discussed. Discuss […]

Q1. Cindy, an overweight high school student, is overheard telling her friend that she is going to research how she could transform some of her white fat to brown fat. What is her rationale here, assume this is possible? Q2. Assume a level area of granite rock was the parent […]