1) Emma has multiple sclerosis. If you could view her nervoussystem you would find         a lack of neurotransmittersin some neurons        areas where the myelin sheathhas degenerated        areas where the dendrites areseverely damaged        a reduction in the number ofchloride ions in her peripheral nervous system 2) Leonard’s mother became dehydrated […]

Write a report on a “multi omics & systems biology approaches to uncover disease mechanisms” Starting from the genes which encode mrna (carry the information)which in turn encode proteins (influence the amount of metabolites). Only analyzing these functions is not sufficient to determine the functionality of these molecules & their […]

Q1. Sketch a diagram of a gene. Draw a diagram of a piece of DNA. Transcribe the gene into mRNA and then translate it into a polypeptide. Must have at least 4 amino acids in the polypeptide. Points deducted for not having start or stop codons and the amino acid […]

Bob has Klinefelter syndrome and is colorblind (an X-linked recessive condition). His mother and father have normal color vision, but his maternal grandfather is colorblind. Assume that Bob’s condition (Klinefelter syndrome) arose from non-disjunction in meiosis in one of his parents. In which parent and in which meirotic division (I […]