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Not much more than 100 years ago, ordinary citizens were unaware of the role of microorganisms in the cause and spread of disease. In her book, “The Gospel of Germs”, Nancy Tomes describes the development of our collective cultural obsession with germs. To quote her book, “The rituals of germ […]

In peas, the genes a, b, c, d, e and f are linked on chromosome V and in the order given and the map distances are RF(a-b)=7 cM, RF(b-c) = 17 cM, RF(c-d) = 12 cM, RF (d-e) = 14 cM RF(e-f)= 10 cM. You cross a pure-breeding strain carrying […]

Ecology paper Instructions: Explain the evolutionary context of this organism(my organim is Falcon). Use the following questions as a guide but don’t limit your research to just answer these questions. What is its full scientific name?Where does it fit in the evolutionary tree of life?Does it have any unique (derived) […]

1. Saguaro cacti have 2 L-shaped arms and you have one with arms that are different lengths. Arm length in the cactus is controlled by one gene. Arms of the same length (A) are dominant to arms of a different length (a). What is the genotype of our cactus? If […]