The diploid genome in a human somatic cell consists of approximately 6 billion base pairs. (a) If you connected all the chromosomes end-to-end, how long is the DNA in each cell based on the crystallographic dimensions of the DNA double helix? How much does it weigh? (b) If you condensed […]

Question: Red blood cells discovered in the plasma of mammals do not contain a nucleus. List all the possible benefits and limitations imposed on these cells by not having a nucleus. Question: There is a metabolic pathway in animal cells: A-B-C-D The overall delta G for this pathway is found to be […]

Which of the following scenarios provides the best example of the edge effect? (2 points) An oil spill causes the middle of a bay to become uninhabitable, pushing the organisms living there to the perimeter. A road bisecting a forest forces many organisms to retreat to the outlying trees, where […]

Five pages are needed with works cited page. What is known about the Get pathway for membrane protein insertion? For Figure 1D, describe the experimental set-up and how the results indicate the Get3 can take Sec22 from Get4/5. How do we know that Get3 transport to the ER is dependent […]