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Biology class. Must cite work, must be 250 words. YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjza24Oyalc Dieters often talk about their metabolism. What is metabolism? Catabolism? Anabolism? Total metabolic rate (TMR)? Basal metabolic rate (BMR)? Is having a higher metabolic rate a good thing? Does a high metabolic rate promote aging? What factors contribute […]

1. What is Knudson’s Multistep Cancer Model? How does it explain that some people have a “predisposition” to cancer?2. How do tumors evolve?3. Cancer genes fall into 2 catagories. What are they?4. How can viruses cause cancer?5. What are Cyclin-dependent kinases and how are they related to cancer?6. What’s the […]

1. The common ancestor of all the tetrapod vertebrates had four limbs with a similar skeletal structure to thatseen in many vertebrates today. Considering this, in what sense are the arms of humans homologous to thewings of a bird? 2. The green algal ancestors of plants existed in aquatic habitats, […]

A group of 11 mice was given water, and another group of 10 mice was supplied with diluted black coffee (coffee:water 1:1) as drinking fluids for five weeks. The composition of the diets and living conditions were similar for both groups of mice. Blood glucose was monitored weekly for all […]