Q1. A patient who inherited two defective copies of a gene essential by white blood cells, suffered from a severe immune deficiency disease. The patient recovered from a disease following gene therapy, in that he received an expressed copy of the ‘missing’ gene (the desired outcome). Unfortunately, he afterwards developed […]

1. What mechanism of allopatric speciation (dispersal or vicariance) is primarily acting on these studied populations of Centaurea? Justify your answer.  2. How did the authors measure the degree of reproductive isolation among the three species examined?   Examine figure 1, and answer the following three questions: 3. What is the relevance of […]

You should now start preparing for the Applied Final Lab Project itself. This project is based entirely on Lab 4 (Enzymes). While Experiment 2 of Lab 4 is “The Effect of Temperature on Enzyme Activity”, the Final Lab Project is “The Effect of Low pH on Enzyme Activity”. Recall that […]

Describe the cohesion tension theory that enables water and dissolved minerals to be transported through dicot plants. You should also describe how water and dissolved minerals enter dicot plant roots. Be sure to include the following: a) The direction of flow of water and the specific dicot plant structures and […]