At a local hospital, a decision was made recently to downsize the nursing staff. The local television station sent a reporter and camera crew to interview the administrator regarding the impact of this action on patient care. After 20 minutes filming the interview, the reporter left. That evening a 15-second […]

Q1. 1. What are the benefits of genetic engineering versus the potential risks? 2. What are your personal thoughts on genetic engineering? Do you really think genetic engineering provides useful information for the scientific investigation of our natural world or do you think that we must not “mess with Mother […]

1.     In rumbunnies spock ears (D) are dominant to earless (d); red eyes (A) are dominant to blue eyes (a); and spinner eyes (E) are dominant nonspinner eyes (e). An individual heterozygous for all three alleles is testcrossed. a.     Forecast the phenotypic ratio for this cross. (Note: You can do a Punnet […]

A mutation in a gene disrupts paracrine signaling from a subset of cells in the pancreas. Which of the following mutant phenotypes is consistent with the information above? A. A defect that affects functions all over the bodyB. A defect affects only the pancreatic cells that are secreting the moleculeC. […]