Question 1 . C. elegans is a small diploid roundworm used in genetic experiments. When essential muscle genes like actin and myosin in these worms are homozygous for mutations that disrupt the gene significantly, the worms die before they hatch from their eggs with a distinctive paralyzed phenotype. You are […]

You are working in a research lab on a genetic condition in humans that results in a patient’s inability to digest the common sugar fructose. Your lab has observed that this condition is equally frequent in males and females. In most cases, neither parent of an affected child has symptoms […]

Assignments Immunology 1st Assignment Section I. The following Topics 1-3 (of 4) cover the cell isolation protocols from Units 1 & 2: Assigned Appendix readings; Isolation of human monocytes by double gradient centrifugation; the Rosette Sep TM isolation method; and protocols using MACs technology. Your answers should explain the main […]

Wild type Drosophlia melangaster have normal wings and red eyes any unknown vial of different looking fruit flies is found. These flies are pure-breeding for scarlet eye color and dumpy wings. To investigate the genetic basis of the differences of the difference between wild type and the unknown flies, reciprical […]