1. “If humans are in the same class as domestic cats we must also be in the same order.” True or False? Explain. 2. Explain in your own words how, from an evolutionary standpoint, a desert spring and an island in the ocean are similar. 3. Consider the following statement: […]

Computational Biophysics and Nanoscale Simulations: 1. Write down the formula of the Hamiltonian used in a typical classical atomistic Molecular dynamics simulation. Describe the potential energy terms using only one Simple sentence for each term. 2. Plot on a single graph the Lennard-Jones potential using the parameters ? =3, and […]

The Little Bacterium That Can’t.Acholeplasma laidlawii is a small bacterium that cannot synthesize its own fatty acids and must therefore construct its plasma membrane from whatever fatty acids are available in the environment. As a result, the Acholeplasma membrane takes on the physical characteristics of the fatty acids available at […]

One of a farmer’s more exotic Indian corn cobs has three different kernel colors (Tricolor Corn?). These cobs were easy to obtain. The farmer crosses parent 2 (Yellow Shrunken) with parent 4; both are true breeding. The seed from this cross are then used to grow a second generation of […]