Comp 7/ Bio 40 Project: Reliability of Metagenomics Reads Background In this class, we are studying 16S rRNA metagenomic sequencing, in which the sequences read come from one of the hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA genes, which are generally well conserved across prokaryotes. Because of the variability in the […]

If a lipid raft is typically 70 nm in diameter and each lipid molecule has a diameter of 0.5 nm, about how many lipid molecules would there be in a lipid raft composed entirely of lipid? At a ratio of 50 lipid molecules per protein molecule (50% protein by mass), […]

An albino woman (no color in skin,hair,iris) whose father is albino and mother normal ,marries a normal man, one of whose parents is normal and the other albino. He has an albino sister.The couple has a normal daughter. a) what are the genotypes of the mother and father of the […]

1. Would you expect the formation of a polymer from monomers to be spontaneous or non-spontaneous? Is energy required or released when polymers form? (entropy, order)2. Create a table comparing three of the major classes of macromolecules: proteins, carbohydrates and nucleic acids. Compare these macromolecules in terms of role in […]