What sequence of events could account for the presence of relatively coarse sediment on the deep-ocean floor? Why are quartz grains and clay particles the most common lithogenous sediments transported to the ocean by rivers and streams? What is the significance of the carbonate compensation depth (CCD)? How might ocean […]

Q1. 1. A student inherits a recessive phenotype of a particular characteristic. Though, both the parents are phenotypically dominant for the characteristic. Give details. 2. Individuals with a certain heterozygous characteristics are usually called a carrier. What does a carrier mean? 3. What factor determines whether particular phenotype occurs more […]

1. In August, 2014 there was an Ebola epidemic in Africa. Two Americans doctors contracted the disease while doing mission work. They were transported back to the U.S. and treated at Emory hospital in Atlanta, GA. At the heart of this debate is whether they should have been brought back […]

Does the company producing ATryn in goats need to include a promoter in the vector they use to insert the transgene into goat cells? If yes, explain why and what type of promoter they would use. If no, explain why this isn’t necessary in this specific case. Is this not […]