The coat color of mice can be black, white (albino) or agouti. This trait is controlled by two genes – one that controls “agouti” vs “black” coat color (we’ll call this the “coat color gene (locus)”) and one that controls “albino” vs “not albino” (we’ll call this the “albinism gene […]

You have chosen to join WHO. They are particularly interested in your microbiology skills since there have been many outbreaks of disease around the world.  Now that you have reviewed your microbiology, you have been notified that you will be sent to one of two areas, West Africa, or the […]

Suppose you owned a cookie store and you charged $1.00 for each cookie sold. Let’s also say that you had to pay $1,000 rent per month and had a bank loan for equipment which cost you $100 per month and your insurance bill came up to $1,200 per year. The […]

justin was born at 41 weeks via a routine pregnancy. At 13 mos, he developed a staphylococcal abscess on his neck and was treated with antibiotics. At 15 mos he developed otitis media and severe sinusitis caused by Pseudomonas. while in the hospital he developed severe node swelling and an […]