A: You do an experiment in which you add oxaloacetate uniformly labeled with14C (ie withequal amounts of 14C in eachof its carbon atoms) along with unlabeled acetyl-CoA to an extractof mitochondria. After a single pass through the TCA cycle, whatfraction of the original radioactivity will be found in the oxaloacetate? […]

Assignment: Electronic Cigarettes and Liquid Nicotine Please read these instructions carefully! You will apply what you have learned about scientific literacy, biological literacy and biochemistry to the use of e-cigs to help quit smoking. The PDFs posted on Titanium contains the following articles: Ritchel, M. (2014, March 23). Selling a […]

Scientific Inquiry, Controlled Experiments Then and Now Start by observing the living species around you. Ever wonder why a pollinator is attracted to a particular flower, or what would happen to predator species if a particular prey species is eliminated? If you were a scientist you could do an experiment […]

Question: Assume you hypothesize that an animal with a mutation that affects conversion of the b form of glycogen synthase to the a form could not produce glycogen at functional levels. Your friend disagrees and believes that the animal would produce glycogen at functional levels. What good reason could your friend […]