Consider reviewing the information about proteins, carbohydrates and fats in the OLI modules. Pick a type of food that you enjoy. Before you start researching, state a hypothesis about the nutritional content of this food. Remember a hypothesis is an educated guess (and may be wrong), and a good hypothesis is specific. Then summarize […]

Prader-Willi syndrome is caused by the deletion of the paternal copy of a small section of human chromosome 15. In normal individuals, only the paternal copies of the genes in this section of chromosome 15 are expressed; the maternally inherited copies of these genes are silent due to maternal imprinting. […]

1.   The experiments by Miller and Urey, in which methane, ammonia, hydrogen gases were placed in a closed chamber with circulating water vapor and electricity, generated: Answer            a.primitive living cells. b.fully formed RNA molecules. c.amino acids and nucleotide precursors. d.protocells.   2. Why is RNA thought to have been […]

Linear double stranded DNA- sample LSU1- is digested with 2 restriction endonucleases (separately and together) and the following bands are observed after electrophoresis ( quantities represent length in bp): BamH1:1,9 and 13.5;EcoR1: 3, 3.5, 4, and 13. BamH1 and EcoR1: 1, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, and 8. a. How many […]