Assume you are analyzing microbial life in the Rocky Mountains. You scoop up a water sample from a melted snow puddle because you are curious about the possible microbes that might live there. Using your microscope, you examine several drops of the sample on microscope slides. Your examination reveals that […]

Q1. A friend tells you she has swollen lymph nodes on the left side of her neck. You notice that a bandage is covering a large, infected cut on her left cheek. Accurately what are her “swollen glands” and how have they become swollen? Q2. Albinism, lack of pigmentation in […]

1. A new enzyme you are studying has a Km of 7.0mM and a kcat of 126 per second. What will be the initial rate of reaction in units mM/min when 9.3 nanometer enzyme is reacted with 2.7 mM substrate. Report your answer in units if mM/min to nearest 1mM/min? […]

In humans, there is a gene that controls formation of muscles in the tongue that allow people with those muscles to roll their tongues, while people who lack those muscles cannot roll their tongues. The ability to roll one’s tongue is dominant over non-rolling. The ability to taste certain substances […]