Biology and Genetics

You are now an expert in Cell Cycle and DNA Replication and have been called upo

You are now an expert in Cell Cycle and DNA Replication and have been called upon to develop a new cancer drug. A hallmark of cancer is the uncontrollable division of cells and th…

You are now an expert in Cell Cycle and DNA Replication and have been called upo

You are now an expert in Cell Cycle and DNA Replication and have been called upon to develop a new cancer drug. A hallmark of cancer is the uncontrollable division of cells and th…

You are observing a plate of adult C.elegans worms that you have exposed to a mu

You are observing a plate of adult C.elegans worms that you have exposed to a mutagen. You notice that one of the worms appears to be, unusually, moving in circles. 1. Name 2 cell…

You are observing actively dividing cells under a very powerful microscope and n

You are observing actively dividing cells under a very powerful microscope and notice that cells entering Telophase have a plate forming in the middle of the cell and progressing …

You are observing and tracking the population of bobcats in a Pennsylvania state

You are observing and tracking the population of bobcats in a Pennsylvania state park. At the beginning of your study, there were 48 bobcats in the park. In one year, you counted …

You are observing the suit (clubs, diamonds, hearts, or spades) of a randomly dr

You are observing the suit (clubs, diamonds, hearts, or spades) of a randomly drawn card from a deck. What is the degree(s) of freedom if you were to perform the Chi-square test o…

You are off on a camping trip to the high sierra with a group of friends and one

You are off on a camping trip to the high sierra with a group of friends and one of them relays that they are scared of getting Giardia. Actually, the correct medical term is giar…

You are on a Mock Joint Commission Survey Team for the hospital. The hospital wi

You are on a Mock Joint Commission Survey Team for the hospital. The hospital will conduct an unannounced mock survey in the next 3 months. The team leader has asked you to bring …

You are on a fishing trip at the beach with your friends. While you are waiting

You are on a fishing trip at the beach with your friends. While you are waiting for any action on your line, you start to talk about whether it would be easier to get enough oxyge…

You are on a jury to decide the following case: The Jones family claims that bab

You are on a jury to decide the following case: The Jones family claims that baby Jane, given to them at Ucsc Medical Hospital, does not belong to them and that baby Sara, who was…

You are on an oceanographic cruise at the equator (i.e. Coriolis force is zero).

You are on an oceanographic cruise at the equator (i.e. Coriolis force is zero). You measure the potential density at station A to be 1025 kg/m3 between 0 and 200m depth and you m…

You are on day three of a hiking/camping trip to the summit of Mt. Robson in B.C

You are on day three of a hiking/camping trip to the summit of Mt. Robson in B.C. Which physiological adaptation has occurred to help your body function more efficiently at this h…

You are on the Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB) for a trial of a new drug

You are on the Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB) for a trial of a new drug (vs. standard medication) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. You are participating in a DS…

You are on the beach in Florida and witness a beautiful full moon on your easter

You are on the beach in Florida and witness a beautiful full moon on your eastern horizon. A. B. C. Approximately what time is it? Hint: Where is the Sun in your sky? What kind of…

You are on the coast of Long Island, facing south. Hurricane Jessica is moving n

You are on the coast of Long Island, facing south. Hurricane Jessica is moving north toward you and is expected to make landfall with a forward speed of 30 mi/hr. Which of the two…

You are once again the science officer stationed on the starship NX-01. Upon dis

You are once again the science officer stationed on the starship NX-01. Upon discovery of a new planet, the mission of you team is to conduct a survey of the resources found on th…

You are one of the Centers for Disease Control Food Safety Investigator who has

You are one of the Centers for Disease Control Food Safety Investigator who has been put in charge of finding out what happened. 1. What aspects of this case are important in any …

You are out hiking/strolling with a friend and as you cross a stream you see an

You are out hiking/strolling with a friend and as you cross a stream you see an interesting looking rock. You pick it up and begin to explain to your friend (who is smart but neve…

You are out to dinner with your friend. You notice that he only orders food and

You are out to dinner with your friend. You notice that he only orders food and drink items that are red. You think this behavior is odd, so you ask him why he is only ordering re…

You are outside at 7:30pm doing homework on August 30, 2016. You are supposed to

You are outside at 7:30pm doing homework on August 30, 2016. You are supposed to locate Mars in the sky when your friend texts you. She says that she cannot go outside to look unt…

You are outside counsel to the Marcus Welby Healthcare Corporation (MWHC), which

You are outside counsel to the Marcus Welby Healthcare Corporation (MWHC), which is concerned that expenses in some of its ancillary departments are causing it to lose money under…

You are part of a 3 person committee established to help improve the health & we

You are part of a 3 person committee established to help improve the health & wellness of all hospital employees. You are to identify the names of the employees on the committ…

You are part of a group of first responders traveling to Japan where a new virus

You are part of a group of first responders traveling to Japan where a new virus has emerged. Your task is to characterize how the virus takes control over human cells. At first, …

You are part of a research team studying a recessive iron absorption disorder ca

You are part of a research team studying a recessive iron absorption disorder called hemochromatosis. Your team has not yet mapped the gene that is causing the disease but you ref…

You are part of a research team tasked to learn as much as possible about the C

You are part of a research team tasked to learn as much as possible about the C budget of a 300 year old temperate forest that grows on a soil profile only 50 cm in depth.  The av…

You are part of a research team tasked to learn as much as possible about the C

You are part of a research team tasked to learn as much as possible about the C budget of a 300 year old temperate forest that grows on a soil profile only 50 cm in depth. The ave…

You are part of a research team tasked to learn as much as possible about the C

You are part of a research team tasked to learn as much as possible about the C budget of a 300 year old temperate forest that grows on a soil profile only 50 cm in depth. The ave…

You are part of a team that is evaluating the feasibility of building a standard

You are part of a team that is evaluating the feasibility of building a standardized nursing language into the electronic medical record that will be used by your department. Your…

You are part of a yeast genetics research team studying on the regulatory mechan

You are part of a yeast genetics research team studying on the regulatory mechanism of polarized growth. When you expressed yeast genomic DNA library (in plasmid) in the yeast mut…

You are part of s puhlic health team that has been assigned to help teach health

You are part of s puhlic health team that has been assigned to help teach health education lesson to a group of local farmers about off-target pesticides drift as you plan your le…

You are part of the team that is attempting to develop a vaccine to prevent an i

You are part of the team that is attempting to develop a vaccine to prevent an infection due to the mythical gram- negative extracellular bacterium, Brennanella Harissii, which ca…

You are participating in a study group preparing for an upcoming genetics exam,

You are participating in a study group preparing for an upcoming genetics exam, and one member of the group proposes that each of you draw the structure of two DNA nucleotides joi…

You are performing a case-control study dealing with the development of skin can

You are performing a case-control study dealing with the development of skin cancer in people who are exposed to more than 4 hours of direct sun per day versus those exposed to le…

You are performing a spectrophotometry assay to quantify the activity of Ribulos

You are performing a spectrophotometry assay to quantify the activity of Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCo), the most widely occurring enzyme on earth. This…

You are performing an abdominal assessment on a postoperative patient. You are a

You are performing an abdominal assessment on a postoperative patient. You are auscultating the bowel sounds in 4 quadrants and are having difficulty hearing them. The patient bec…

You are performing an enzymatic reaction to digest DNA and nothing works for you

You are performing an enzymatic reaction to digest DNA and nothing works for you. You need find out why. You added the enzyme and the DNA the reaction yourself and you are sure yo…

You are performing an experiment with intact mitochondria (refer to the graph be

You are performing an experiment with intact mitochondria (refer to the graph below). You are monitoring O2 consumption (left y-axis) and ATP synthesis (right y-axis) over time (x…

You are performing an experiment with intact mitochondria (refer to the graph be

You are performing an experiment with intact mitochondria (refer to the graph below). You are monitoring O2 consumption (left y-axis) and ATP synthesis (right y-axis) over time (x…

You are performing an in vitro experiment in which you will expose a material yo

You are performing an in vitro experiment in which you will expose a material you are considering for a medical device to synovial fluid, which contains the proteins albumin, tran…

You are performing an in vitro experiment in which you will expose a material yo

You are performing an in vitro experiment in which you will expose a material you are considering for a medical device to synovial fluid, which contains the proteins albumin, tran…

You are performing complete blood cell counts on an automated analyzer. One of t

You are performing complete blood cell counts on an automated analyzer. One of the patient samples is "flagged," indicating a possible instrument error or abnormal cell population…

You are performing crosses between two mice that are both heterozygous (D1D2) fo

You are performing crosses between two mice that are both heterozygous (D1D2) for a mutation in the centromere region. Assume that the D1 allele is found in 90% of eggs produced b…

You are performing crosses between two mice that are both heterozygous (D1D2) fo

You are performing crosses between two mice that are both heterozygous (D1D2) for a mutation in the centromere region. Assume that the D1 allele is found in 90% of eggs produced b…

You are performing crosses between two mice that are both heterozygous (D1D2) fo

You are performing crosses between two mice that are both heterozygous (D1D2) for a mutation in the centromere region. Assume that the D1 allele is found in 90% of eggs produced b…

You are performing experiments with Drosophila melanogaster to analyze three aut

You are performing experiments with Drosophila melanogaster to analyze three autosomal, linked traits: color (brown, B), wing (normal winged, N) and antennae length (long, L). For…

You are performing some FRET experiments. You have two versions of the same prot

You are performing some FRET experiments. You have two versions of the same protein (A and B), each of which has a donor choromophore at residue #10, and an acceptor chromophoreat…

You are performing your documentation at the nurs.ng station of a skilled nursin

You are performing your documentation at the nurs.ng station of a skilled nursing facility. A Physician and nurse practitioner are performing rounds a. the facility today but whil…

You are placed in charge of a small population of Sun Bears in a South-East Asia

You are placed in charge of a small population of Sun Bears in a South-East Asian reserve. Prior to your arrival, the field team was carefully monitoring the population for severa…

You are planning a transformation experiment and deciding how to do the transfor

You are planning a transformation experiment and deciding how to do the transformation and how to select for transformed bacteria. The best plan is to: A) extract DNA from an auxo…

You are planning a trek lo the South Pole to commemorate the tailed expedition o

You are planning a trek lo the South Pole to commemorate the tailed expedition of Captain Scott in 1912. you can learn about the expedition, and its recent recreation, at http://s…