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Certain patients have a genetic disorder affecting a protein that provides support to the mitochondria of all the cells in the body. Yet the patients die of heart attacks. One explanation for why the heart, in particular is targeted might be; a. The loss of mitochondrial function in other tissues […]

Imagine that you have been studying the population biology of ground squirrels on the UCSC campus for a number of years and have obtained the following information. A sample of 75 females in 2012 had the age structure shown in column 2 below. Additional longer-term studies of cohort survival and […]

Shown Below is a helical wheel projection of one of the Alpha helices from human hemoglobin. This is an amphipathic helix with one side polar and exposed to solvent and the other side nonpolar and buried. Indicate approximately which side of the helix is likely to be in the solvent […]

Q1. If we designed self contained space station and supplied it with organisms to create an ecosystem to support 6 people for 3 years, what types of organisms must be selected and why? Illustrate the main functions the organisms would perform.Q2. When mendel crossed yellow-seeded and green-seeded pea plants, all […]