Biology and Genetics

While hilling in Central Florida, you are lucky enough to see many swallowtail t

While hilling in Central Florida, you are lucky enough to see many swallowtail tiger butterflies. You observe that there are two types, or morphs, of the butterflies - a yellow mo…

While in Africa during their winter, your brother worked with a relief organizat

While in Africa during their winter, your brother worked with a relief organization that handed out aid to children. During the time that he was there, there was an outbreak of ac…

While in Brazil last fall I am sorry to report that I was bitten repeatedly by m

While in Brazil last fall I am sorry to report that I was bitten repeatedly by mosquitoes, and I was surprised by how small the little blood suckers were. Actually, I was able to …

While in the development phase, you are also required to determine both the mini

While in the development phase, you are also required to determine both the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) for your drug. Whil…

While in the grocery store look at the food labels of reduced fat/ fat-free food

While in the grocery store look at the food labels of reduced fat/ fat-free foods and compare them to the original. Compare the Calorie count and sugar content of the reduced fat …

While inspecting the genome sequence of your newly discovered organism, you note

While inspecting the genome sequence of your newly discovered organism, you note that while the genome overall is 50% G + C, there is a cluster of genes comprising about 20,000 bp…

While inspecting the intermediate rough of Kentucky bluegrass along a newly esta

While inspecting the intermediate rough of Kentucky bluegrass along a newly established Kentucky bluegrass fairway, you notice several important differences between the fairway an…

While lying on your left side, which of the following muscles would be not be co

While lying on your left side, which of the following muscles would be not be concentrically active when attempting to place your right ear on your right shoulder? The vastus late…

While many of the genes identified through genetic studies of Microcephaly appea

While many of the genes identified through genetic studies of Microcephaly appear to operate via disruption of normal cell division by disrupting centromere function, one gene - M…

While most human beings are able to hold their breath for only a minute or two,

While most human beings are able to hold their breath for only a minute or two, other species are able to stay under water for much longer periods of time. These organisms have ph…

While most of the oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon

While most of the oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in 2010 has disappeared, some of the oil spilled from the Exxon Valdez oil tanker int…

While most proteins have absorbance at 280 nm, some proteins also have absorbanc

While most proteins have absorbance at 280 nm, some proteins also have absorbance in other regions of the UV-visible spectrum. One example, green fluorescent protein (GFP), has a …

While most public health researchers and practitioners understand the Belmont Re

While most public health researchers and practitioners understand the Belmont Report and apply it everyday to their work, ethical issues still arise in epidemiology. For this disc…

While most scientists agree that the last deglaciation was driven by an increase

While most scientists agree that the last deglaciation was driven by an increase in summer insolation, two important positive feedbacks played a role in amplifying that insolation…

While not a scientifically controversial issue, climate change caused primarily

While not a scientifically controversial issue, climate change caused primarily by human activities is a politically controversial issue. In this course you are learning the scien…

While on a business trip in Asia, your brother enjoyed many culinary delicacies.

While on a business trip in Asia, your brother enjoyed many culinary delicacies. He particularly enjoyed the shellfish that were obtained so cheaply from the market vendors that s…

While on a field trip with your geology class, you stop at an outcrop of sandsto

While on a field trip with your geology class, you stop at an outcrop of sandstone. An examination with a hand lens shows that the sandstone is poorly sorted and rich in feldspar …

While on a jungle trek in the Panamanian jungles, your brother is bitten by a nu

While on a jungle trek in the Panamanian jungles, your brother is bitten by a number of mosquitoes. Shortly after returning, your brother developed a fever and complained about na…

While on an intersession course in tropical ecology, Kris pulls a large, snakeli

While on an intersession course in tropical ecology, Kris pulls a large, snakelike organism from a burrow (the class was granted a collecting permit). The 1-m-long organism has sm…

While on her menstrual cycle, the patient has obtained a fever and a red rash. S

While on her menstrual cycle, the patient has obtained a fever and a red rash. She has experienced vomiting and has lost sheets of skin. Her blood pressure was checked and it was …

While perusing the scientific literature late one night, you come across a repor

While perusing the scientific literature late one night, you come across a report that a protein called Thingamajig is thought to be involved in the development of antibiotic resi…

While playing football, a 20-year-old defensive end was attempting to tackle a f

While playing football, a 20-year-old defensive end was attempting to tackle a full-back with an outstretched left arm. The arm was hit with substantial force, and he now complain…

While preparing to administer HCTZ (Hydrodiuril) 25mg checks the nurse discovers

While preparing to administer HCTZ (Hydrodiuril) 25mg checks the nurse discovers that the client's potassium level is 2.8 mEq. What should the nurse do next? Answers: A Administer…

While researching Native American tribes of the American Southwest, you come acr

While researching Native American tribes of the American Southwest, you come across a handwritten account of the death of a young Native American in 1993. The author describes how…

While researching for information about what the federal government does to achi

While researching for information about what the federal government does to achieve equality for the aged, disabled, and the and lesbian communities I was amazed how many federal …

While researching for information about what the federal government does to achi

While researching for information about what the federal government does to achieve equality for the aged, disabled, and the and lesbian communities I was amazed how many federal …

While reviewing the findings of a study addressing the nursing management of ges

While reviewing the findings of a study addressing the nursing management of gestational diabetes, the nurse notes that the study fails to address the findings of the existing lit…

While rummaging through the pantry, a 14 year old boy found a can of spam. He pr

While rummaging through the pantry, a 14 year old boy found a can of spam. He proceeded to eat the canned meat without thorough heating. His mother returned home from grocery shop…

While rummaging through the pantry, a 14 yr old boy found a can of Spam. He proc

While rummaging through the pantry, a 14 yr old boy found a can of Spam. He proceeded to eat the canned meat without thorough heating. His mother returned home from grocery shoppi…

While running an ELISA at work, you are chatting with a co-worker about your wee

While running an ELISA at work, you are chatting with a co-worker about your weekend plans. The conversation is marvelous and you seem to finish your work in no time. As you check…

While running, a 16-year-old female basketball player, Kelsey Smith falls and hi

While running, a 16-year-old female basketball player, Kelsey Smith falls and hits her head on the gym floor while at high school basketball practice.   She does not lose consciou…

While shopping, you settle on two types of cookies. The nutritional label for th

While shopping, you settle on two types of cookies. The nutritional label for the chocolate mint cookies lists 5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 22 grams of carbohyd…

While sitting on a dock of the bay, you notice a series of waves going past. You

While sitting on a dock of the bay, you notice a series of waves going past. You observe that 11 waves go past you in 45 s and that the distance from one crest to the next trough …

While sitting on the couch reading your anatomy and physiology book, you realize

While sitting on the couch reading your anatomy and physiology book, you realize that you left a random open because you feel a light across your arm. What type of sensory recepto…

While sprinting alters the soccer ball. Julia was so Intensely concentrating on

While sprinting alters the soccer ball. Julia was so Intensely concentrating on making a goal that she didn't see the opposing team player coming at her from the side. the two pla…

While sprinting alters the soccer ball. Julia was so Intensely concentrating on

While sprinting alters the soccer ball. Julia was so Intensely concentrating on making a goal that she didn't see the opposing team player coming at her from the side. the two pla…

While stem cell research and human cloning are often interrelated, there are dif

While stem cell research and human cloning are often interrelated, there are differences in these two approaches. Stem cell research has many medical inclinations for the treatmen…

While studying a line of highly inbred flies, you have found a new autosomal rec

While studying a line of highly inbred flies, you have found a new autosomal recessive mutation whose only phenotype is to cause males to use ridiculously elaborate courtship disp…

While taking a break from a hike in the Northern Rockies with a fellow geology e

While taking a break from a hike in the Northern Rockies with a fellow geology enthusiast, you notice that the boulder you are sitting on is part of a deposit that consists of a j…

While taking a day cruise to Block Island, your brother is bitten by a deer tick

While taking a day cruise to Block Island, your brother is bitten by a deer tick, the same vector that carries Borrelia burgdorferi. He did not realize that the tick was on him un…

While the breeder was trying to match Gia with the LLEEWWSSOO dog, she got out f

While the breeder was trying to match Gia with the LLEEWWSSOO dog, she got out for a while. That's how she met Hero, a stray dog from the wrong side of town . . . When Gia's puppi…

While the filaments you saw in the simulations were all dynamic, there are situa

While the filaments you saw in the simulations were all dynamic, there are situations where cytoskeletal filaments may not be dynamic. Which of the following would make a filament…

While the generation of stably transfected tissue culture cells is a major exper

While the generation of stably transfected tissue culture cells is a major experimental approach, over time some cell lines lose the ability to express the transgene. This process…

While the implementation plan prepares students to apply their research to the p

While the implementation plan prepares students to apply their research to the problem or issue they have identified for their capstone change proposal project, the literature rev…

While the implementation plan prepares students to apply their research to the p

While the implementation plan prepares students to apply their research to the problem or issue of prevention of central line associated blood stream infections CLABSI in skilled …

While the usual process followed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

While the usual process followed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that thorough clinical trials have shown the benefits of a drug before approval is granted…

While there are many obvious aspects of the sky that change regularly, the rapid

While there are many obvious aspects of the sky that change regularly, the rapidly changing Moon is amongst the most noticeable and significant-–and fortunately, amongst the most …

While touring South America, Betty (5\'2\", 130 lbs, 14 years old) and her grand

While touring South America, Betty (5'2", 130 lbs, 14 years old) and her grandmother Bertha (5’7”, 150 lbs, 75 years old) were exposed to DDT by eating contaminated salad at a can…

While walking down the center of a fairway at an exclusive country club in your

While walking down the center of a fairway at an exclusive country club in your locale, a golfer approaches you and says: "I wish my lawn at home looked as nice as this turf." Ass…

While walking in the snow, Jim falls and lands awkwardly on his head. Jim goes t

While walking in the snow, Jim falls and lands awkwardly on his head. Jim goes to hospital, but Jim’s doctor cannot explain why Jim fell. You are asked to investigate everything t…