Biology and Genetics

5. Which of the following statements regarding eukaryotic transcription is FALSE

5. Which of the following statements regarding eukaryotic transcription is FALSE? a. RNA polymerase II has a critical carboxy-terminal domain that is phosphorylated during active …

5. Which of the following terms would you equate with pollen? a. microspores b.

5.   Which of the following terms would you equate with pollen? a.    microspores b.    megaspores c.     seeds d.    embryo e. zygote     6.     The most severe extinction to dat…

5. Which of the following volcanoes is most likely to contain pillow lava? a. do

5. Which of the following volcanoes is most likely to contain pillow lava? a. dome b. cinder cone c. stratovolcano d. mid-oceanic rifts 36. Find the correct volcano/volcanic produ…

5. Which of the following will happen if the cell has enough 6S RNA that would b

5. Which of the following will happen if the cell has enough 6S RNA that would bind every molecule of sigma 70 in the cell? A. The cell would die because of the collapse of the pr…

5. Which of the identified gene structure land marks 1-8 above appear in the mRN

5. Which of the identified gene structure land marks 1-8 above appear in the mRNA that is transcribed from this gene? These numbers are 6 1bp ATG 8 ORF TGA 35 hexamer TATA RBS 6. …

5. While snowshoeing through the winter woods, you stop to look at a tree branch

5. While snowshoeing through the winter woods, you stop to look at a tree branch pictured at the right. Specifically, what (0.5x). 6. Distinguish between pollination and fertiliza…

5. Why are aminoglycosides more selectively toxic to bacteria than human cells?

5. Why are aminoglycosides more selectively toxic to bacteria than human cells? (Be sure to be complete and specific in your answer to make it clear why these drugs are more toxic…

5. Why is a future supernova of the star Betelgeuse not a threat to life on Eart

5. Why is a future supernova of the star Betelgeuse not a threat to life on Earth? Select one: a. Betelgeuse is too small to supernova. It will produce a planetary nebula, like ou…

5. Why is it necessary to pass the bacterial smear through the flame before stai

5. Why is it necessary to pass the bacterial smear through the flame before staining? 6. Why is the timing of the decolorization by alcohol so important? After the alcohol treatme…

5. Why is the use of cabbage extract not a good method for determining the buffe

5. Why is the use of cabbage extract not a good method for determining the buffering capacity of a words, what limitations are associated with using cabbage extract as a pH indica…

5. Why would measuring blood glucose levels in an individual, 20 to 30 minutes a

5. Why would measuring blood glucose levels in an individual, 20 to 30 minutes after they drink a liter of milk, indicate whether they are able to digest lactose. a. When lactose …

5. Wilkinson and Reillo\'s (1994) experiment on stalk-eyed flies provided eviden

5. Wilkinson and Reillo's (1994) experiment on stalk-eyed flies provided evidence for which of the following key issues regarding sexual selection?             a. females always p…

5. Wolves on an island in Lake Superior are isolated from those in Canada with o

5. Wolves on an island in Lake Superior are isolated from those in Canada with only occasional migrants making it across the frozen ice in winter (migration rate 0.05). Island wol…

5. Yeast is used as a leavening agent in making bread. Explain, in biochemical t

5. Yeast is used as a leavening agent in making bread. Explain, in biochemical terms, why the bread dough rises when placed in a warm place. 6. Yeast cells grown on nonfermentable…

5. You are a primate (Order Primates). List two characters/traits you share with

5. You are a primate (Order Primates). List two characters/traits you share with ALL other primates that are NOT shared by ANY other mammal species. 5a. Consider the traits you li…

5. You are a xenogeneticist studying unicorns. You are particularly interested i

5. You are a xenogeneticist studying unicorns. You are particularly interested in the direction of the horn spiral (left or right) and coat color (standard unicorns are white, zel…

5. You are comparing the levels of protein Z from two liver cell cultures. Cultu

5. You are comparing the levels of protein Z from two liver cell cultures. Culture 1 came from a healthy individual, while culture 2 came from a patient with liver cancer. You fou…

5. You are given two sets of thin samples in which one set is very hydrophobic a

5. You are given two sets of thin samples in which one set is very hydrophobic and one set is very hydrophilic. Each sample is 1 cm2 in surface area. You can ignore the depth of t…

5. You are in charge of estimating the mutation rate in humans. You are given th

5. You are in charge of estimating the mutation rate in humans. You are given the following information: fossil evidence suggests that humans and chimpanzee diverged from a common…

5. You are in charge of estimating the mutation rate in humans. You are given th

5. You are in charge of estimating the mutation rate in humans. You are given the following information: fossil evidence suggests that humans and chimpanzee diverged from a common…

5. You are interested in studying the composition of lipid bilayers and how they

5. You are interested in studying the composition of lipid bilayers and how they are maintained. You discover two uncharacterized phospholipids, which you call PLX and PLZ. You de…

5. You are required to make 1L of each of the buffers below. How much of each in

5. You are required to make 1L of each of the buffers below. How much of each ingredient will you need (mass or volume, as appropriate)? Include calculations with answers Binding …

5. You are studying a mutation in mice, which acts dominantly. Mice that have on

5. You are studying a mutation in mice, which acts dominantly. Mice that have only one copy of the allele carrying this mutation have a kinky tail phenotype You identify the gene …

5. You are studying the MN blood group in a small village population in Borneo a

5. You are studying the MN blood group in a small village population in Borneo and want to know if the population is in Hardy–Weinberg (HW) equilibrium. MN blood type is due to a …

5. You extract chromosomal DNA from 5 cultures of bacteria given to you by anoth

5. You extract chromosomal DNA from 5 cultures of bacteria given to you by another researcher. You are trying to determine if any of the cultures are related to each other, or if …

5. You have a male flying monkey with scaly brown wings, as opposed to the norma

5. You have a male flying monkey with scaly brown wings, as opposed to the normal feathery wings of it's siblings. The normal wing color for flying a flying monkey is brown, but y…

5. You have been asked to deduce the sequence of a heptapeptide (7 amino acid re

5. You have been asked to deduce the sequence of a heptapeptide (7 amino acid residues) from the following information. Cleavage with a certain reagent or enzyme yielded 3 peptide…

5. You have embarked upon an endeavor to breed trophy Elk with large antlers and

5. You have embarked upon an endeavor to breed trophy Elk with large antlers and are maintaining a herd of 200 elk. The sex ratio in the census population (Nc) is 50:50 but elk ar…

5. You have formulated a hypothesis that light is necessary for seed germination

5. You have formulated a hypothesis that light is necessary for seed germination. To test your hypothesis, one set of lettuce seeds is placed in light with warm temperatures and a…

5. You have isolated two mutants (reg1 and reg2) that cause constitutive express

5. You have isolated two mutants (reg1 and reg2) that cause constitutive expression of the OSU operon which contains genes bev1 and bev2. One reg mutant has a defect in the DNA bi…

5. You have isolated two mutants of a normally pear-shaped microorganism have lo

5. You have isolated two mutants of a normally pear-shaped microorganism have lost their distinctive shape and are now round. One of the mutants has a defect in a protein you call…

5. You have run across a family in which several members have developed colon ca

5. You have run across a family in which several members have developed colon cancer in the 30-50 age range. You check all the known genes involved in hereditary colon cancer and …

5. You have run across a family in which several members have developed colon ca

5. You have run across a family in which several members have developed colon cancer in the 30-50 age range. You check all the known genes involved in hereditary colon cancer and …

5. You identify a drug that shifts the voltage dependence of voltage-gated sodiu

5. You identify a drug that shifts the voltage dependence of voltage-gated sodium channels, causing them to open at a higher (less negative) membrane potential than usual. a. (2 p…

5. You obtain a rate of 0.8 AA/min from one of your samples (Sample A). You adde

5. You obtain a rate of 0.8 AA/min from one of your samples (Sample A). You added 10 1 of a 1:10 dilution of Sample A to a total volume of 1.21 ml, what is the corresponding activ…

5. You want to set-up a new Biotech company which will produce recombinant vacci

5. You want to set-up a new Biotech company which will produce recombinant vaccines against influenza stains which infect people especially in Turkey. To produce vaccine for 2013,…

5. You wish to amplify the entire sequence below (where NX equals a long DNA seq

5. You wish to amplify the entire sequence below (where NX equals a long DNA sequence that will be amplified, but is not in the primer sequences). upstream 5’-CCTCAGTGAGTGTGACTCAG…

5. [2pt] In vitro translation systems have been developed in which specific RNA

5. [2pt] In vitro translation systems have been developed in which specific RNA molecules can be added to a test tube containing a bacterial cell extract that includes all the com…

5. [4pt] According to the Big Bang Theory, order from earliest to latest, the se

5. [4pt] According to the Big Bang Theory, order from earliest to latest, the sequence of events that are thought to have taken place at the beginning of the Universe. If statemen…

5. \"Chicha\" is the infamous Saliva-Fermented Beer From Peru Amazon. They liter

5. "Chicha" is the infamous Saliva-Fermented Beer From Peru Amazon. They literally chew on starch and then spit it into a bowl, which eventually starts to ferment into an alcoholi…

5. \"Chicha\" is the infamous Saliva-Fermented Beer From Peru Amazon. They liter

5. "Chicha" is the infamous Saliva-Fermented Beer From Peru Amazon. They literally chew on starch and then spit it into a bowl, which eventually starts to ferment into an alcoholi…

5. \"Explain the human error\": Please look at the diagram of a student\'s well

5. "Explain the human error": Please look at the diagram of a student's well plate and provide reasonable explanations for the two questions. (10 points total) a. Please describe …

5. _____A titration curve for the amino acid cysteine will reveal a total of thr

5. _____A titration curve for the amino acid cysteine will reveal a total of three (3) pKa’s. 6. _____ Adding urea to a solution containing the protein albumin, is likely to stabi…

5. a) What is the relationship between the nucleotides, nucleic acids, and DNA?

5. a) What is the relationship between the nucleotides, nucleic acids, and DNA? (1 points) HINT Think about what DNA and nucleic acids are made from b) How do nucleotides provide …

5. a) whats the ro?tionchip between the nuclootides, muciec aces, and DNA? (1 ds

5. a) whats the ro?tionchip between the nuclootides, muciec aces, and DNA? (1 ds) HINT: Think about what DNA and nucleie acida are made om b) How do nucleotdes provide nucleic aci…

5. cAMP (cyclic AMP) is a secondary messenger (diffusible in the cytoplasm of th

5. cAMP (cyclic AMP) is a secondary messenger (diffusible in the cytoplasm of the cell) involved in cell signaling processes. Describe in as much detail as possible how this secon…

5. chemist discovers and purifies a new protein, generating the data below Proce

5. chemist discovers and purifies a new protein, generating the data below Procedure Total protein Activity Specific Fold increase nmol/min activity n specific (mg) 1. Crude extra…

5. chemist discovers and purifies a new protein, generating the data below: Proc

5. chemist discovers and purifies a new protein, generating the data below: Procedure Total protein Activity Specific Fold increase nmol/min activity in specific (mg) 1. Crude ext…

5. do you believe that bacterial production of tyramine has an adaptive signific

5. do you believe that bacterial production of tyramine has an adaptive significance for the bacteria, or is it merely an easily-excreted metabolic end-product, the product of bac…

5. he importance of Morgan\'s fly experiments was that he discovered A, what a B

5. he importance of Morgan's fly experiments was that he discovered A, what a Barr bodv was. B. the basis of sex determination C. that some genes are sex linked D. what the cause …