1) After taking an aliquot of your cells and diluting them with Trypan Blue in a 1:1 dilution, you load the cell/Trypan mixture onto a hemocytometer to count the cells.
You obtain the following counts:
| Quadrant | Transparent cells | Blue cells |
| 1 | 65 | 2 |
| 2 | 71 | 4 |
| 3 | 68 | 1 |
| 4 | 73 | 3 |
| 5 | 67 | 2 |
What is the average number of Trypan-diluted cells per quadrant?
2) Now, take into consideration the Trypan Blue dilution. What is the more concentrated number of cells per quadrant?
3) What is the volume in each quadrant of a hemocytometer?
4) What is the cell density (concentration) of the cells (cells/mL)?
5) If your original cell culture (the one you took an aliquot from to count) has 13 mL of cell suspension, what is the total number of cells you have in culture?
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2) Additional experiments confirmed that the difference in sequence between the expected genomic sequence and the experimentally determined cDNA sequence is neither due to a replication error nor to a DNA sequencing mistake. One of your coworkers decided to perform 5 independent experiments. In each experiment, the gene was first transcribed and then the transcript was purified and reverse- transcribed to produce double stranded cDNA copies of the gene. Finally, one copy of synthesized cDNA from each independent experiment was sequenced (5 samples sequenced in total). The difference between the cDNA and genomic DNA sequences described in part 1 was found in the 5 sequences. Explain why this result suggested that a transcription error was unlikely responsible for the sequence difference.
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Describe the structure and function of the chloroplast and mitochondrion. Include in your answer: a. a description of each compartment, the membranes, and the localized activities of both organelles b. the special properties of chlorophyll and the mechanism of action of the light harvesting complex in the chloroplast c. the sequences of events in both electron transport chains from electron sources to the electron sinks and the roles of NADH and NADPH
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Describe legislative efforts for the conservation of biodiversity.
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Pick ANY biome and ecosystem and create a 500-700-word essay addressing the following:
Please include at least three academic sources and make sure all sources are cited in your essay.
PLEASE MEET THE WORD COUNT OR PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND // IT DOES NOT MATTER THE BIOME YOU CAN PICK WHAT EVER ONE IS EASIEST FOR YOU
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1. Would you expect to see more or less acetylation in regions of DNA that are sensitive to digestion by Dnase I? WHY?
2. Suppose a chemist develops a new drug that neutralizes the positive charges on the tails of histone proteins. What would be the most likely effect of this new drug on chromatin structure? would this drug have any effect on gene expression? explain your answers.
I have no idea how to answer these two questions in a proper way thanks.
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we were introduced to hydrolytic enzymes, list two enzymes and their function. Using your critical thinking, explain why it is of importance to identify microorganism that have hydrolytic abilities.
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A study was undertaken to determine the strength of association between several risk factors and the duration of pregnancies. The risk factors considered were mother's age, nutritional status, history of tobacco use, and history of alcohol use. The response of interest, pregnancy duration is a three-categories variable that was coded as follows:
| Yi | Pregnancy Duration Category |
| 1 | Preterm |
| 2 | Intermediate term |
| 3 | Full term |
We would like to study the association between the duration of pregnancy and risk factors.
(a) Propose an appropriate model and explain how you assess whether your model is adequate
(b) Describe how to estimate the parameters in your model in a step by step manner
(c) We would like to test which risk factors are associated to the pregnancy duration. Explain what test statistic is used and why this test statistic is appropriate. Provide testing procedure in a step by step manner.
(d) We also would like to calculate the prediction accuracy of your model in (a). How would you measure the prediction accuracy of your model? Explain your procedure in a step by step manner.
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Does population genetics recent discoveries reshape
our ideas of race? And does this show that race is a social
construct?
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True or false
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