You fill a cuvette with a solution of enzyme, substrate, and dye that changes color as the reaction occurs. You put it in a spectrophotometer and record the absorbance at several time points. The absorbance increases at first, then starts to level off, staying almost exactly the same at each […]

Reflection Prompts 1. What were your initial expectations about the Service Learning project in this class? Have these expectations changed? How? 2. What about your community involvement has been an eye-opening experience? 3. How has your understanding of the community changed as a result of your participation in this project? […]

Question 1: In Drosophila melanogaster, eyeless (ey) is a recessive trait in which the eyes are tiny or absent. The ey locus is found on chromosome 4. Monosomy and trisomy for this very small chromosome are compatible with survival and fertility. A trisomic wild-type male with the genotype ey+ ey […]

1. Love ’em or hate ’em, smoking bans are sweeping the nation. Does your town have one? What are the health risks to individuals who smoke? And what about the risk to those who are exposed to second hand smoke? Let’s discuss these risks from an A&P standpoint! 1. Discussion […]