1. What are the abbreviations for right eye, left eye, right ear, and left ear? What do the letters in the abbreviations mean? 2. There are seven (7) total types of blood cells. Identify each type of blood cell, break each term into individual word parts, and describe the meaning […]

Case: In early July a 34-year-old infected male housed in a state correctional facility was taken to the prison hospital with a two-week history of fever, abdominal pain, and cough.  His chest radiograph was normal, and sputum samples were negative for acid-fast bacteria. The inmate was returned to the prison […]

Question: Consider the first copy of an allele for insecticide resistance that arises by mutation in a population of insects exposed to an insecticide. a) Is this mutation an adaptation? b) If, after some generations, we find that most of the population is resistant, is the resistance an adaptation? c) If we discover […]

1. Did all the bacterial colonies on the countable plate(s) have a similar appearance? If not, how do you explain this 2. What is the formula for population density? Explain what each part of the equation means. 3. What errors can occur while performing a serial dilution / direct plate […]