1. Celiac disease is also associated with several disorders of the CNS and PNS. What is the connection between these two systems (Nervous and Immune) as it relates to this disease? 2. Identify each of the distinct senses of taste we possess. How is each taste useful to us physiologically? […]

Q1. When a jellyfish is removed from its saltwater environment and put into fresh water it swells and burst. Do you think a jellyfish is a plant or an animal and Why? (Think about how plant cells and animal cells react while placed in solution.) Q2. What is “Independent Assortment” […]

A scientist has studied the amount of polymorphism in the alleles controlling the enzyme Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) in a species of minnow. From one population, 1000 individuals were sampled. The scientist found the following fequencies of genotypes: AA = .080, Aa = .280; aa = .640. From these data calculate […]

Wild turkeys are dramatically sexually dimorphic; domestic turkeys are far less so. Suppose that female wild turkeys chose males on the basis of expensive traits that indicate disease resistance and that artificial selection for rapid weight gain in domestic turkeys destroys female choice. What would you predict about the evolution […]