Question 1: Cytopathic and non-cytopathic viruses elicit very different immune responses. The primary determining factor in the type of immune response to a viral infection is which of the following (select one)?Answer  A.Initial inflammatory response to virus.  B.Whether virus is first recognized by macrophages or dendritic cells  C.Genome type (RNA […]

Describe the lifecycle of Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria.Start with infection. Describe the role of the sporozoites,merozoites, and gamteocytes in the life cycle, and specify whereyou will find each of these forms of the parasite. Specify whichprocesses occur in the human host and which occur in theAnopholes mosquito host. […]

The petals of a plant Collinsia are normally blue. Two pure breeding lines were obtained from color variants found in nature, the first line had pink petals and the second line had white petals. The following crosses were made between pure lines, with the results shown…Parents F1 F2blue x white […]

When a cell gets to a certain size and has enough organelles and available energy, it may divide into 2 identical cells. This is called Mitosis. Let’s tag along in this process of cellular reproduction and review the different phases the cell goes through starting with Interphase. Each student should […]