Question: A rare autosomal recessive disorder causes pink hair. A non-carrier male and an affected female marry. Consider the following pedigree and RFLP analysis prepared using HindIII, Southern blot, and a probe with a human sequence known to hybridize to sequences closely linked to the gene responsible for this disorder.a. Diagram […]

Give brief explanations: 1. Briefly explain the reason why ions such as Na+, K+, and Ca2+ diffuse across plasma membranes more rapidly than would be expected across a lipid membrane. Why glucose does not cross the cell membrane through open channels? 2. Why do steroid hormones not require signal transduction […]

1. Fourteen year old Donna has just decided that eating meat is “gross” and that she will be a vegetarian. What difficulties are there with such a diet; that is, what nutrients may be lacking? How may they be obtained? 2. Studies with animals have shown that caloric restriction may […]

In an expirement, DCPIP (which interupts electron transport to the thylakoid ETC, becuase it can accept electrons fro PQ) was added to chlorophyll in cuvettes and placed at various distances from a light bulb. As a cuvette was placed closer the lightbulb, its calatytic rate increased up to from 60 […]