1. Much pharmaceutical research targets developing anti-cancer drugs that can effectively stimulate the methylation of DNA. Formulate a possible hypothesis to explain why DNA methylation might be an effective anticancer drug. 2. Both the human and the thale cress (a small plant) genomes contain about 25,000 genes. However, human beings […]

Pre-Lab Questions 1. Use the following classifications to determine which organism is least related out of the three. Explain your rationale. Table 2: Classifications   Classification Level American Green Tree Frog European Fire- Bellied Toad Eastern Newt Domain Eukarya Eukarya Eukarya Kingdom Animalia Animalia Animalia Phylum Chordata Chordata Chordata Class […]

You probably want to live a long and healthy life on this earth. What are you willing to do to make that possible? Here is an assignment that can improve the quality of what you eat, and hence, the quality of your life. Let us develop the rudiments of a […]

Genes for color blindness and hemophilia are linked on theX-chromosome in humans with a recombination frequency of 30 %. Awoman whose father was a color blind hemophiliac and mother wasnormal with no history of color blindness and hemophilia wants tohave children. The prospective father is normal with no history ofeither […]