Question 1: Discuss the effects of urban “heat islands” on regional ecosystems. Include any adiabatic relationships. Question 2: Read Cowles (1899; see LU 1). Does Cowles view the systems via holism or reductionism? What is the single philosophical concept that emerges from his work? Is his model conceptual, mathematical, or […]

Consider a genetic disorder in which healthy allele mutates to a recessive deleterious one with a rate of 10^-8, and the fitness cost is a reduction of the fitness by 25% a. What is the expected long-term frequency of this allele? b. What is the expected long term frequency of […]

Explain (include a diagram if you wish) how the activity of protein kinase A (PKA) is regulated by binding of cAMP. Include in your explanation: •How the term “consensus sequence” (-RRX(S/T)Y-) relates to the activity of PKA where X is a small amino acid residue (e.g., G), and Y is […]

1. Identify a homeostatic imbalance (disease) of a joint or joints; 2. Describe the joint by its structural and functional classification; 3. Describe the type of movement that joint or joints exhibit; 4. Describe the symptoms of that disease; 5. Using Google (not Google Scholar), describe content from a source […]