The gene for sickle-cell anemia exhibits heterozygote advantage. An individual who is an HB-A/HB-s heterozygote has increased resistance to malaria and therefore has greater fitness than the HB-A/HB-A homozygote, who is susceptivle to malaria, and the HB_S/HB-S, who has sickle cell. A) Suppose that the fitness values of the genotypes […]

Threads Main View To Drink or Not To Drink? Have you heard that drinking cranberry juice might help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs)? UTIs can occur in both genders but are more common in females due to the shorter length of the urethra. Is this a medical myth, old wives’ […]

Question 1: Marketing in healthcare is certainly a developing art and science. Just one generation ago, it was seen as improper for healthcare professionals to advertise at all! Now, in most circumstances, they truly must advertise and effectively market their services in order to survive. As director of marketing and […]

1. Provide a discussion of the normal anatomy of endochondral versus intramembranous bone growth. 2. Describe the pathological (disease) processes involved in achondroplasia, and answer this question: Why do individuals with achondroplasia have a normal sized head but abnormally proportioned limbs? 3. Discuss how bone remodels throughout life and the […]