1. In jimsonweed, purple flower (P) is dominant to white (p) and spiny pods (S) are dominant to smooth (s). A true breeding plant with white flowers and spiny pods is crossed to a true-breeding plant with purple flowers and smooth pods. Assuming that the genes responsible for these traits […]

Explain the etiology and genetics of disease phenylketonuria (PKU) Phenylketonuria (PKU) refers to a disease found within humans in which the affected individual does not have enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase. This enzyme is required in order to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine to tyrosine. When left untreated phenylalanine will be transformed […]

Reaction set up- BCR/ABLtranscripts You will assemble a ‘master mix’ with sufficient volume to perform 2 x 20?L (repeat) reactions for each transcript level quantification. Remember to change pipette tips after pipetting each solution (to avoid cross-reagent contamination). • Pipette 16.8 ?L of the BCR/ABL primer mix into a 1.5mL […]

Q. There are a lot of deer-like animals from all parts of the world. If you examined them all, you will discover an interesting trend. Those that live in tropical climates like the savannas of Africa are usually much smaller than the ones that live in arctic regions like Lapland. […]