A garage that specializes in foreign cars had a small magnesium fire when a car part was ignited. The mechanic knew from his training that he should not use water but could use a dry powder like a sodium chloride based fire extinguishing powder (MET-L-X) or a graphite based (LITH-X). […]
A man makes 0 units of an enzyme due to homozygous recessive genes on chromosome 21. His wife makes 100 units of the enzyme due to a heterozygous pair of genes on chromosome 21. They have a son with trisomy 21 who makes 200 units of the enzyme. a. In […]
1. In a diploid organism of 2n = 10, assume that you can label all the centromeres derived from its female parent and all the centromeres derived from its male parent. When this organism produces gametes, how many male- and female-labeled centromere combinations are possible in the gametes? 2. Human […]
What if we add specific membrane characteristics into the mix? Let’s say that you also find a fossil record of a different, related antelope species that apparently had motor neurons with different characteristics. In fact, because you are a magical neuroscientist, you are able to determine the neuron had a […]