For this Assignment you will think about your individual health and health risks. What genetic diseases or problems might you face during your lifetime? Predisposition to heart disease, breast cancer, diabetes? You may consider your own health risks or those of other individuals such as a family member or friend. […]

Suppose you innoculate a PR broth with a slow-growing fermenter. After 48 hours, you see slight turbidity but score it as (-/-). Is this result a false positive or a false negative? Is this a result of roor specificity or poor sensitivity of the test system? Early formulations of this […]

Q. You find out a mutant yeast strain that cannot grow while provided with pyruvate as its sole carbohydrate, though it grows normally when given glucose as a carbon energy source; you call this the Pyr- trait. Wild-type yeast can grow well using either carbon source; you designate this Pyr+ […]

1. Sickle-cell and malaria: Sickle-cell anemia is hereditary condition that is common among African-Americans and can cause medical problems. Some biologists suggest that the sickle-cell trait protects against malaria. That would explain why it is found in people whose ancestors originally came from Africa, where malaria is common. A study […]