Q. In tomatoes, stem colour and fruit colour are determined by two independently assorting genes. At one gene, purple stem (P) is dominant to green stem (p). At the other gene, yellow fruit (Y) is dominant to red fruit (y). Consider a cross between two tomato plants heterozygous for both […]

In rumbunnies, sober is an autosomal recessive gene in which the rumbunnies are unable to utilize alcohol. Mating success in rumbunnies is a function of alcohol consumption so that sober individuals have only 75% as many offspring as normal rumbunnies. Assuming that the initial frequencies of S and s are […]

Q1. The group of Homme Hellinga (Duke Univ) has used DEE to redesign the shape of a small molecule binding site. The site originally bound the sugar arabinose. It was redesigned to bind trinitrotoluene, seratonin, and L-aspartate. How did they do it? Q2. ATP synthesis by chemiosmosis (electron transport pumping […]

One: There has been a movement in the last decade encouraging people to “buy American.” Discuss the legal and ethical issues related to boycotting goods from other countries. What are the practical business implications of such a move? Two: The World Trade Organization, or WTO, is the largest and most […]