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Why is respiration slower on glutamate than on succinate? A. electron transport
Why is respiration slower on glutamate than on succinate? A. electron transport from glutamate stores more energy per oxygen atom than electron transport from succinate B. electro…
Why is sex more common in snails living in shallow water compared to snails livi
Why is sex more common in snails living in shallow water compared to snails living in deeper water? increased exposure to parasites in the deeper water favors asexual reproduction…
Why is sexual selection usually stornger for males than females? A. males genera
Why is sexual selection usually stornger for males than females? A. males generally accrue greater inclusive fitness through indirect fitness B. Females have larger gametes than m…
Why is skepticism considered desirable in the scientific community? A) Because i
Why is skepticism considered desirable in the scientific community? A) Because it encourages competition among scientists B) Because it discourages critical thinking C) Because it…
Why is still technically challenging to be able to detect planets with the prope
Why is still technically challenging to be able to detect planets with the properties of Earth orbiting stars like the Sun? (Think of two particular techniques we discussed in cla…
Why is surgical integrity important when dealing with patient care? Please make
Why is surgical integrity important when dealing with patient care? Please make an initial post by midweek, and respond to at least two other student's posts with substantial deta…
Why is surgical integrity important when dealing with patient care? Please make
Why is surgical integrity important when dealing with patient care? Please make an initial post by midweek, and respond to at least two other student's posts with substantial deta…
Why is the 16S rRNA gene a preferred marker for the identification, classificati
Why is the 16S rRNA gene a preferred marker for the identification, classification, and evolutionary history of microbes? Detail your answer based on 5 main characteristics of thi…
Why is the BCR-ABL chimeric protein associated with cancer? Chromosomal transloc
Why is the BCR-ABL chimeric protein associated with cancer? Chromosomal translocations rarely result from breaks in the DNA at an exact gene boundary. Rather, the breaks often occ…
Why is the absence of atmospheric oxygen (O_2) so important to the Open-Haldane
Why is the absence of atmospheric oxygen (O_2) so important to the Open-Haldane hypothesis? Oxygen is more reduced than hydrogen gas. methane, or ammonia Oxygen is corrosive and t…
Why is the abundance of Helium in the universe evidence for the Big Bang? Helium
Why is the abundance of Helium in the universe evidence for the Big Bang? Helium requires high temperatures and pressures to form, so all of the helium in the universe must have b…
Why is the actual ATP yield in aerobic respiration lower than the theoretical ma
Why is the actual ATP yield in aerobic respiration lower than the theoretical maximum? What is an autotroph? What is a heterotroph? The overall equation for oxygenic photosynthesi…
Why is the answer B? I know that a maternal effect gene means that the phenotype
Why is the answer B? I know that a maternal effect gene means that the phenotype is dependent upong the mother's genotype, but I am confused since the question does not specify wh…
Why is the answer E. coli B? Bender\'s Experiments Mutations rll1 and rI12 are k
Why is the answer E. coli B? Bender's Experiments Mutations rll1 and rI12 are known to fall into the rlLA and rllB citrons (genes) respectively. Mutations rll1 and rIL2 are used t…
Why is the concentration of anenzyme\'s substrate in a cell typically the same a
Why is the concentration of anenzyme's substrate in a cell typically the same as the Km of theenzyme (choose the best/most correct answer below,please!) a) since Kcat/KMis a measu…
Why is the daytime temperature of a land surface usually warmer than the tempera
Why is the daytime temperature of a land surface usually warmer than the temperature of an adjacent water surface? Solar radiation is diffused to a greater depth over water than o…
Why is the endodermis essential in the root but not in the stem? In the summer o
Why is the endodermis essential in the root but not in the stem? In the summer of 1998, after extrely hot, dry weather, the Georgia corn harvest was expected to be reduced by at l…
Why is the example of the breast cancer researchers at UC Barkeley and Harvard s
Why is the example of the breast cancer researchers at UC Barkeley and Harvard so important? The researchers at Harvard could not replicate the results from the UC Barkeley Lab be…
Why is the exchange of ATP for ADP by the ADP-ATP translocator electrogenic? A.)
Why is the exchange of ATP for ADP by the ADP-ATP translocator electrogenic? A.) Because the net charge of ATP is more negative than that of ADP B.) Because the concentration of A…
Why is the formation of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate the committed step in glycolys
Why is the formation of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate the committed step in glycolysis? 2. What is the metabolic advantage of having both hexokinase and glucokinase to phosphorylate g…
Why is the insolation zero during some hours? There is zero insolation because a
Why is the insolation zero during some hours? There is zero insolation because albedo is so high during those hours. There is zero insolation because it is not hot enough for ther…
Why is the monolith El Capitan in Yosemite National Park more resistant to erosi
Why is the monolith El Capitan in Yosemite National Park more resistant to erosion than other igneous plutons in the park? View Available Hint(s) O Capitan is unfractured. Rock fa…
Why is the number 6 wrong for the HAPLOID chromosome number? I took the total nu
Why is the number 6 wrong for the HAPLOID chromosome number? I took the total number of chromosomes (DIPLOID number) and divided the answer by 2 as Sapling said that I should, and…
Why is the number 7 wrong for the HAPLOID chromosome number? I took the total nu
Why is the number 7 wrong for the HAPLOID chromosome number? I took the total number of chromosomes (DIPLOID number) and divided the answer by 2 as Sapling said that I should, and…
Why is the organization of an ant colony (made-up from thousands of ants) consid
Why is the organization of an ant colony (made-up from thousands of ants) considered to be an example of an "emergent property" while the luster of a diamond (made-up from thousan…
Why is the peptide bond planar? Select one: a. Bulky side chains prevent free ro
Why is the peptide bond planar? Select one: a. Bulky side chains prevent free rotation around the bond. b. It exhibits partial double-bond character, preventing rotation. c. Hydro…
Why is the pharmacological reactivation of fetal hemoglobin in a patient with si
Why is the pharmacological reactivation of fetal hemoglobin in a patient with sickle cell anemia often a successful treatment? a. Fetal hemoglobin is better able to release carbon…
Why is the process of double fertilization thought to be an advantage in the lif
Why is the process of double fertilization thought to be an advantage in the life cycle of flowering plants? it prevents the waste of resources in producing fruits that will not b…
Why is the respiratory system of a bird more efficient than the human respirator
Why is the respiratory system of a bird more efficient than the human respiratory system? A) The bird respiratory system does not mix exhaled air with inhaled air. B) A bird lung …
Why is the role of the tubing-casing annulus in gas lift production? a. Gas is p
Why is the role of the tubing-casing annulus in gas lift production? a. Gas is pumped from the surface through tubing and oil and gas are produced from the annulus b. The larger c…
Why is the sodium-potassium pump an of active transport? For questions 7.9 refer
Why is the sodium-potassium pump an of active transport? For questions 7.9 refer to the above sure and match the correct location to its glycolysis citric acid cycle C electron tr…
Why is the test run in the dark (or in a black bottle)? Why is K usually necessa
Why is the test run in the dark (or in a black bottle)? Why is K usually necessary to dilute the sample? Why is it sometimes necessary to seed the sample? Why isn't ultimate BOD m…
Why is the top box correct? \"The pull mechanism has long been favored by many s
Why is the top box correct? "The pull mechanism has long been favored by many scientists" so why would that top box be true? Section 4 of 5 Review Mode: Question 17 of 20 Question…
Why is the upper part of small intestine used (duodenum near stomach)? What are
Why is the upper part of small intestine used (duodenum near stomach)? What are the effects and mechanisms of action of 25 degree C Tyrode's solution on the movements of gastroint…
Why is the upper part of small intestine used (duodenum near stomach? What are t
Why is the upper part of small intestine used (duodenum near stomach? What are the effects and mechanisms of action of 25 degree C Tyrode's solution on the movements of gastrointe…
Why is there a need to produce Okazaki fragments on the lagging strand, but not
Why is there a need to produce Okazaki fragments on the lagging strand, but not on the leading strand of DNA? It is substantially more efficient to make several shorter strands ra…
Why is there a need to produce Okazaki fragments on thelagging strand but not on
Why is there a need to produce Okazaki fragments on thelagging strand but not on teh leading strand of DNA A. The two parental strands of DNA are antiparallel and DNApolymerase ma…
Why is there a net flow of carbon from the atmosphere to the oceans? Select one:
Why is there a net flow of carbon from the atmosphere to the oceans? Select one: o a. Plankton at the surface funnel carbon from the atmosphere to the ocean. O b. Carbon dioxide d…
Why is there a pyramid on the dollar bill? You’ll have to do a little investigat
Why is there a pyramid on the dollar bill? You’ll have to do a little investigating to answer this one. Feel free to name other remnants of Mesopotamian or Egyptian culture you se…
Why is there a reduction reaction every time there is an oxidation reaction? Que
Why is there a reduction reaction every time there is an oxidation reaction? Question 5 options: A:because entropy is always increasing B:to maintain heat gradients in cells C:eve…
Why is there an abundance of flowers in deciduous forests early in the early spr
Why is there an abundance of flowers in deciduous forests early in the early spring and not so much later in the year? They must complete their life cycles before the trees pull a…
Why is visual acuity greater in the fovea than in the periphery? a) Compared to
Why is visual acuity greater in the fovea than in the periphery? a) Compared to the periphery, photoreceptors are closer together in the fovea and receptive fields of ganglion cel…
Why is water a more hospitable environment for life than dry land? Osmotic balan
Why is water a more hospitable environment for life than dry land? Osmotic balance is not a problem Gravity is not a problem. Sperm can meet egg easily in water. Oxygen is more av…
Why is whooping cough considered an emerging infectious disease in California? W
Why is whooping cough considered an emerging infectious disease in California? Which stage of Pertusis is infectious? Read the selected scriptures and in your response to the prom…
Why is whooping cough considered an emerging infectious disease in California? W
Why is whooping cough considered an emerging infectious disease in California? Which stage of Pertusis is infectious? Read the selected scriptures and in your response to the prom…
Why it is difficult to solve some current environmental issues? Use global warmi
Why it is difficult to solve some current environmental issues? Use global warming as an example, and compare to the situation when the US were facing polluted water problems and …
Why it is important for a plasmid to have a \'selection marker\' such as amp^R (
Why it is important for a plasmid to have a 'selection marker' such as amp^R (ampicillin resistant gene)? What are the roles of resuspension buffer, lysis solution and neutralizat…
Why might I be hard to determine the adaptive mutations simply by sequence bring
Why might I be hard to determine the adaptive mutations simply by sequence bring the genomes of each species. Consider that we are interested in what mutations are responsible for…
Why might a phylogeny based only on molecular data show a different pattern of r
Why might a phylogeny based only on molecular data show a different pattern of relationships than a phylogeny of the same taxa that is based only on morphological traits? (Select …
Why might one of these tubes photosynthesize better than the other? What are you
Why might one of these tubes photosynthesize better than the other? What are you talking about? The plants photosynthesize equally well! All light is equally useful. What are you …
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