The Little Bacterium That Can’t.Acholeplasma laidlawii is a small bacterium that cannot synthesize its own fatty acids and must therefore construct its plasma membrane from whatever fatty acids are available in the environment. As a result, the Acholeplasma membrane takes on the physical characteristics of the fatty acids available at […]

Question 1Many older adults lose interest in food due to decreased size and number of taste buds.TrueFalse Question 2This toxicity can lead to impaired thinking, reasoning and perception among school-aged children.leadironmagnesiumchloride Question 3For almost all infants, 6 months and younger, which of the following is the best source of nutrition?breast […]

An exercise which applies understanding of the scientific method and how research studies are designed to study nutrition. Before attempting this assignment, you might want to revisit the Scientific Method Tutorial in the Science Learning Center under the Course Content area. Process: Read the article summary below. Review the questions […]

1. In a human population, the genotype frequencies at one locus are 0.75 AA, 0.2 Aa, and 0.05 aa. What is the frequency of the A allele [f(A)] and a allele [f(a)] for the population? Are they in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium? 2. Calculate the number of heterozygotes in a population with […]