Biology and Genetics

You are an agricultural botanist working in the mountains of a developing nation

You are an agricultural botanist working in the mountains of a developing nation where you find a variety of a grain growing locally that is used for food. You collect some seeds …

You are an ecologists working for the CDC trying to determine if a new organic p

You are an ecologists working for the CDC trying to determine if a new organic pesticide is carcinogenic. a. What is the name of the test you should use to determine its mutation …

You are an employee at a large insurance company. An application for insurance c

You are an employee at a large insurance company. An application for insurance comes across your desk from a local bodybuilder. This person eats well, is healthy, and works out, b…

You are an environmental attorney whose client, a New Hampshire trout fishery, i

You are an environmental attorney whose client, a New Hampshire trout fishery, is seeking restitution from a power plant consortium located in southwestern Pennsylvania. Your clie…

You are an environmental attorney whose client, a New Hampshire trout fishery, i

You are an environmental attorney whose client, a New Hampshire trout fishery, is seeking restitution from a power plant consortium located in southwestern Pennsylvania. Your clie…

You are an environmental consultant who has been asked by your client, the real

You are an environmental consultant who has been asked by your client, the real estate division of Rupt Bank to perform an ASTM Phase II Limited Subsurface Investigation at a site…

You are an epidemiologist at a state health department, working in the disease s

You are an epidemiologist at a state health department, working in the disease surveillance unit. As part of your responsibilities, you routinely monitor your state’s data on repo…

You are an epidemiologist concerned about the relation between toxic waste expos

You are an epidemiologist concerned about the relation between toxic waste exposure and nervous system disorders. You decide to conduct a case-control study. Feel free to use your…

You are an epidemiologist studying the impact of obesity (exposure) on risk of h

You are an epidemiologist studying the impact of obesity (exposure) on risk of heart attack (outcome). Your work shows you that obesity raises blood pressure because the heart has…

You are an epidemiologist working for the World Health Organisation when reports

You are an epidemiologist working for the World Health Organisation when reports come in from three separate countries of a number of cases of an acute respiratory infection with …

You are an ethnobotanist conducting a study with the Yagua Indians of the north

You are an ethnobotanist conducting a study with the Yagua Indians of the north Peruvian Amazon. After working with your study communities for a year, you have documented the medi…

You are an ice core researcher, and are examining a sequence of 18O measurements

You are an ice core researcher, and are examining a sequence of 18O measurements obtained from an ice core from Greenland. The measurements are from a section of the core that is …

You are an immunologist and have a patient who has just received a kidney transp

You are an immunologist and have a patient who has just received a kidney transplant. How do you explain to him that he must be given immunosuppressant drugs? Te Tne CD 2 As a chi…

You are analyzing Moon rocks that contain small amounts of uranium-238, which de

You are analyzing Moon rocks that contain small amounts of uranium-238, which decays into lead with a half-life of about 4.5 billion years. Part B In a rock from the lunar maria, …

You are analyzing a membrane transporter of substrate X that is known to have ty

You are analyzing a membrane transporter of substrate X that is known to have typical Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a turnover nuber of 200 sec-1. Upon reconstitution of this tra…

You are analyzing a short oligopeptide. Amino acid analysis indicates that the p

You are analyzing a short oligopeptide. Amino acid analysis indicates that the peptide underwent complete hydrolysis to yield the following set of amino acids: Ala      Arg      S…

You are analyzing an unknown gene that is expressed robustly under certain condi

You are analyzing an unknown gene that is expressed robustly under certain conditions. You have sequenced the gene and in the 5' UTR of the mRNA you find the following sequence: 5…

You are analyzing inheritance in beans. You cross a true breeding strain with wh

You are analyzing inheritance in beans. You cross a true breeding strain with white flowers and purple beans to a strain with red flowers and green beans. All of the progeny have …

You are analyzing mutants in an Operon in an uncharacterized bacterial species u

You are analyzing mutants in an Operon in an uncharacterized bacterial species using a method similar to what Jacob and Monod did to analyze the lac operon (see your text book Fig…

You are analyzing the cause of mutations in CREB signaling. For each set of cond

You are analyzing the cause of mutations in CREB signaling. For each set of conditions, describe a mutation that could be the cause (be sure to state which gene or regulatory elem…

You are analyzing the mechanism of action of particular short interfering RNAs.

You are analyzing the mechanism of action of particular short interfering RNAs. For your experiments, you transfect cells with a lucifierase reporter gene. You also transfect the …

You are analyzing whole genome sequencing data from mutant flies with abnormally

You are analyzing whole genome sequencing data from mutant flies with abnormally-shabeu fruit yes. Each circle on the graph indicates the number of sequence reads (y coordinate) a…

You are applying for an internship within the Emergency Preparedness and Respons

You are applying for an internship within the Emergency Preparedness and Response department at your local county health department. The application process requires that you subm…

You are appointed to a task force in your health agency that has been asked to m

You are appointed to a task force in your health agency that has been asked to make recommendations about personal health electronic records for your patient population. Your team…

You are asked to amplify a 5kb segment of DNA from double stranded genomic DNA (

You are asked to amplify a 5kb segment of DNA from double stranded genomic DNA (the template DNA). You choose to use Taq Polymerase to amplify your fragment and you are given prim…

You are asked to chemically analyze two samples. You are told that one is cellul

You are asked to chemically analyze two samples. You are told that one is cellulose, the other is glycogen. You are asked to identify whether the source of the sample is a plant o…

You are asked to create a vector that will express the protein called DCoH in ba

You are asked to create a vector that will express the protein called DCoH in bacteria ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/50086629 ). Target: use pET28b ( https://www.staff.nc…

You are asked to design an experiment to measure fluorescence from a phenylalani

You are asked to design an experiment to measure fluorescence from a phenylalanine (Phe) amino acid in a protein that contains one each of Phe, Tyr, and Trp. Use Figure 9.13 and s…

You are asked to determine the concentration of a bacterial culture. You take 1.

You are asked to determine the concentration of a bacterial culture. You take 1.0 mL of the culture and add it to 4.0 mL ofwater(Tube #1). You then take 1.0 mL from Tube #1 and ad…

You are asked to divert resources in your research division to fund a project to

You are asked to divert resources in your research division to fund a project to identify the receptor for “excitor”, a plant derived compound which is very hydrophobic, but poten…

You are asked to divert resources in your research division to fund a project to

You are asked to divert resources in your research division to fund a project to identify the receptor for “excitor”, a plant derived compound which is very hydrophobic, but poten…

You are asked to divert resources in your research division to fund a project to

You are asked to divert resources in your research division to fund a project to identify the receptor for “excitor”, a plant derived compound which is very hydrophobic, but poten…

You are asked to find the net force acting on particle 3. Centering the xy coord

You are asked to find the net force acting on particle 3. Centering the xy coordinate system on particle 3 will make this easier. To practice Problem-Solving Strategy 21.1 Coulomb…

You are asked to investigate the level of expression of gene X in human kidney a

You are asked to investigate the level of expression of gene X in human kidney and other organs. Which of the following experiments would you first select? a) Do a qRT-PCR to comp…

You are asked to purify a hexokinase. Discuss the parameters you would consider

You are asked to purify a hexokinase. Discuss the parameters you would consider in sourcing and selecting such an enzyme, and briefly indicate how you would stabilize these protei…

You are asked to recommend foodstuff\'s from the list below to five people. Sele

You are asked to recommend foodstuff's from the list below to five people. Select the single best foodstuff to supplement his/her current diet. If appropriate decide on the nutrie…

You are asked todetermine the concentration of a bacterial culture. You take 1.0

You are asked todetermine the concentration of a bacterial culture. You take 1.0 mLof the culture and add it to 4.0 mL of water (Tube #1). You thentake 1.0 mL from Tube #1 and add…

You are assigned the task to express an E. coli gene in cultured human cells. Fr

You are assigned the task to express an E. coli gene in cultured human cells. From published research, you know the amino acid sequence of the E. coli protein, which requires no p…

You are assigned to care for David Ramsey, a 22- year- old male who sustained a

You are assigned to care for David Ramsey, a 22- year- old male who sustained a back injury secondary to being thrown from a motorcycle. He did not damage the spinal cord, but the…

You are assigned to care for David Ramsey, a 22-year old male patient with back

You are assigned to care for David Ramsey, a 22-year old male patient with back injury secondary to being thrown from a motorcycle. Did nt damage the spinal, but the computed tomo…

You are at 30degreeS and 40degreeE; you move to a new location which is 35degree

You are at 30degreeS and 40degreeE; you move to a new location which is 35degree north and 75degree west from your present location. What is your new latitudinal/longitudinal posi…

You are at a baseball game and another fan experiences dizziness and nearly fain

You are at a baseball game and another fan experiences dizziness and nearly faints in the stands next to you. You tell him that you are a paramedic and will walk him to your car w…

You are at a local shopping mall where an older woman has fallen after attemptin

You are at a local shopping mall where an older woman has fallen after attempting to get off an escalator. Bystanders report that she fell approximately three steps from the botto…

You are at the neurologist\'s after a car accident in which you damaged Broca\'s

You are at the neurologist's after a car accident in which you damaged Broca's region in your brain. What is the interaction? a. The doctor says that you have Broca's aphasia, and…

You are at work in a healthcare facility. You happen to notice a nurse practitio

You are at work in a healthcare facility. You happen to notice a nurse practitioner reviewing the medical records of her ex-husband.   You also know that there is no authorization…

You are at your son\'s baseball game when another boy\'s dad experiences dizzine

You are at your son's baseball game when another boy's dad experiences dizziness and nearly faints? in the stands next to you. You tell him that you are a paramedic and will walk …

You are attempting to clone the human insulin gene into E.Coli so that you can h

You are attempting to clone the human insulin gene into E.Coli so that you can have access to unlimited human insulin for medical use. Insulin is produced in pacreas, but you have…

You are attempting to clone the human insulin gene into E.Coli so that you can h

You are attempting to clone the human insulin gene into E.Coli so that you can have access to unlimited human insulin for medical use. Insulin is produced in pacreas, but you have…

You are attending a high school football game when suddenly you note some unusua

You are attending a high school football game when suddenly you note some unusual activity in the stands behind you. As you turn to see what the commotion is about, you hear someo…

You are babysitting your niece (age 10) and nephew (age 3). You nephew is very u

You are babysitting your niece (age 10) and nephew (age 3). You nephew is very upset that you won’t let him eat candy for dinner and throws a temper tantrum, becoming so angry tha…