“Parent” #1       Beaker #1       “Parent” #2       Beaker #2       Gene pool       Red, Blue       BB/Rr       Green, Yellow       YY/Gg       Gene frequency       50% B  50% R       56%    44%       […]

Assignment Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment: • Identify major foodborne pathogens, their sources, resulting illnesses, and symptoms. Course outcomes assessed in this Assignment: Describe the various microorganisms that cause foodborne illness. Instructions: You are a Nutritionist at your local health department and have been asked to create a brochure […]

The ability to taste “Wine” is controlled by a dominant allele W, while individuals homozygous for the recessive allele w, are unable to taste Wine. In a recent genetics class of 125 students, 88 were able to taste Wine, but 37 could not. Assume Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in this population. What […]

Question 1 Viruses have evolved two fundamental growth strategies: an r-replication strategy and the K-replication strategy to enable them to avoid or coexist with the host immune response. Describe these strategies. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each strategy for a virus? Give an example of a specific virus […]