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1. a. What is meant by the term “clone”? b. Why is it important to obtain large quantities of a particular DNA sequence? c. List the steps you would take to obtain a clone of a DNA sequence. 2. For each of the following, give a brief description: restriction enzymevectorrecombinant […]

Anatomy is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is inherently tied to embryology, comparative anatomy, evolutionary biology, and phylogeny. these are the processes by which anatomy is generated over immediate (embryology) and long (evolution) timescales. Human is one of […]

Question: Each olfactory receptor (OR) gene is involved in detecting specific odors. However, humans are losing OR genes: while mice and other mammals have ~1500 such genes, humans have ~900 (the rest received deactivating mutations that turned them into pseudogenes). One such gene is associated with detecting the odor of an […]

Q1. Which of these statements is true regarding plasmids? 1. Plasmids, which are associated with membrane proteins, depend on bacterial chromosomal DNA for replication. 2. Plasmids are generally circular pieces of RNA. 3. Prokaryotic plasmids may carry genes that provide antibiotic resistance to the cell. 4. Prokaryotic plasmids are NOT […]