In the News URL: http://news.sciencemag.org/health/2015/01/what-does-measles-actually-do Title: What does the measles actually do? Author: David Shultz Published: January 30, 2015 on Science Magazine.org After reading the article, please answer the following questions. Note that each question is worth three points. To earn full credit you need to write your answers in […]

1. Which of the following are adaptations to land of both gymnosperms and angiosperms but are lacking in ferns and mosses? A) sporesB) true roots, stems, and leavesC) fruits and flowers D) pollen and seedsE) vascular system 2. Mammals have two traits that set them apart from all other animals. […]

Q1. Imagine that you perform fruit fly crosses with dissimilar pairs of three X-linked traits specified by genes x, y, and z. You observe recombinant frequencies for the various gene pairs: xy= 6.9% yz= 7.6% xz= 0.7% what is the most possible gene order? Q2. Last year’s survey of squirrels […]

Case Study Part I Questions 1)What are the essential parts of a signaling pathway?2) How could activating a transcription factor cause long-term cellular changes?3) What roles does phosphorylation play in protein function?4) Why do think a signaling pathway needs to be regulated?5) Hypothesize some situations where it would be necessary […]