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You and 99 friends are on a three hour boat tour when the weather started getting...

You and 99 friends are on a three hour boat tour when the weather started getting rough and you were stranded on a desert island. Three of you friends are carriers of the gene for albinism, but no one on the trip is albino. What percentage of the island’s population in the next generation do you expect to be albino? Carriers of this gene?  

Assume that the albinism gene above also allowed individuals who are carriers to avoid a deadly illness caused by consuming the seaweed that grows on the island – one of the few food sources available. Do you predict that will impact the frequency of that allele in the gene pool?Assume that the albinism gene above also allowed individuals who are carriers to avoid a deadly illness caused by consuming the seaweed that grows on the island – one of the few food sources available. Do you predict that will impact the frequency of that allele in the gene pool?

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How are vaccines made? - Why do they take so long to make? - Why can't...

How are vaccines made? - Why do they take so long to make? - Why can't you just walk into Walgreens and buy a vaccine for Covid-19 yet?

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Albinism is a rare autosomal recessive trait in which there is a complete absence of melanin...

Albinism is a rare autosomal recessive trait in which there is a complete absence of melanin pigment in the skin, eyes, and hair. A normally pigmented woman whose parents are normal has a brother who is albino. She marries a normally pigmented man whose grandfather was albino. What is the probability their first child will be albino?

I would like to see the problem worked out. Dont understand why it is 1/12. Thank you in advance

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Vibrio cholerae Number of cases and deaths per year information Transmission information Taxonomy information Signs and...

Vibrio cholerae

  • Number of cases and deaths per year information
  • Transmission information
  • Taxonomy information
  • Signs and symptoms information
  • Identification information
  • Prevention and treatment information
  • Sources information

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This topic's discussion focuses on the basic processes of how cells are able to do what...

This topic's discussion focuses on the basic processes of how cells are able to do what they do--the central dogma of life. In order for cells to function effectively, they need to make proteins, which, as we learned way back in Topic 2 (Ch. 4) are responsible for doing all of the work inside of (and for) the cell (enzymes) and provide the necessary structure for cells to function (cytoskeleton, some signaling molecules, binding proteins, receptors, transporters, etc.). Each cell has all of the information the organism needs to make these proteins (in the form of genes on chromosomes--the DNA), although it only makes the proteins that it needs when it needs them. The processes of reading the DNA to make the RNA and reading the RNA to make the proteins are together known as the central dogma (and sometimes DNA replication is included since it is also required for living organisms to make new cells). Your discussion postings this week should focus on some aspect of the central dogma and provide more detail for your fellow classmates. For example, one of the parts and how it is controlled, where it occurs, what can go wrong, or how they're connected. Along with the responses, this discussion should give you a much better understanding of how life actually works! Do not use other solutions. I need originality responses as well as IN TEXT CITATIONS AND A WORKS CITED REFERENCE. Please use 2 outside references.Thank you

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Discuss the fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. Give their functions, deficiency diseases, and food sources.

Discuss the fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. Give their functions, deficiency diseases, and food sources.

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What is the structure found on moss from which spores are released? The thallus of the...

  1. What is the structure found on moss from which spores are released?
  2. The thallus of the liverworts has what structures? What are the function of the structures you listed.
  3. Ferns have vasculature. What does this mean and what is the purpose of being a vascularized plant?
  4. What structures are found on the prothallus and what is their function?
  5. Define:
    1. Microphlls
    2. Megaphylls
    3. Annulus
  6. Through what medium do sperm move through to ge to the egg for fertilization? What structure provides movement for those sperm?

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Acyltransferase in plants introduces fatty acids into glycerolipids determines the degree of unsaturation of the membrane...

Acyltransferase in plants introduces fatty acids into glycerolipids determines the degree of unsaturation of the membrane of lipids. explain why

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Prepare and present on a specific answer to this very broad question: How does biology shape...

Prepare and present on a specific answer to this very broad question: How does biology shape our lives and society?

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Why does the addition or removal of a single nucleotide have a dramatic effect on a...

Why does the addition or removal of a single nucleotide have a dramatic effect on a protein's function? What type of mutation is this?

A mutation occurs in the portion of a gene that makes a protein. This mutated protein has the same amino acid sequence as the normal protein. Explain how this could happen.

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The end of the chapter talks about DNA repair, and the discussion for this topic will...

The end of the chapter talks about DNA repair, and the discussion for this topic will follow up on this idea further. You should do further research on some aspect of DNA repair. For example: how it works the different types why it's important how it can go wrong what results when it goes wrong its importance to cancer.. Do not use other solutions. I need originality responses as well as IN TEXT CITATIONS AND A WORKS CITED REFERENCE. Please use 2 outside references.Thank you

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Please give 7 examples from the movie Contagion (2011) that are related to microbiology. Give the...

Please give 7 examples from the movie Contagion (2011) that are related to microbiology. Give the example and describe the context or situation in the movie where you found your example.

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QUESTION 46 Which one of the following is a human blood type? ABO- Rh+ E+ B-...

QUESTION 46

  1. Which one of the following is a human blood type?

    ABO-

    Rh+

    E+

    B-

    Rh

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QUESTION 47

  1. Which one of the following statements correctly describes activities of muscles?

    All muscles shorten when they contract.

    All muscles are attached to bones.

    All muscles produce movement.

    All muscles are under conscious control.

    All muscles are synergistic.

1 points   

QUESTION 48

  1. Which one of the following tissues can respond to the environment by generating electrical signals?

    dermis

    nervous

    connective

    muscle

    epithelial

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QUESTION 49

  1. Which type of microscope has the best resolution?

    Leeuwenhoek's microscope

    Hooke's microscope

    An electron microscope

    A modern light microscope

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QUESTION 50

  1. Which type of tissue is able to contract?

    dense connective

    epithelial

    nervous

    muscle

    loose connective

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QUESTION 36 Vasoconstriction is a term that refers to the contraction of muscle in the walls...

QUESTION 36

  1. Vasoconstriction is a term that refers to the contraction of muscle in the walls of the blood vessels, thus causing the diameter of the blood vessel to decrease. Which one of the following types of muscle would be involved in this contraction?

    both cardiac and smooth

    cardiac

    smooth

    both skeletal and smooth

    skeletal

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QUESTION 37

  1. Vertebrae belong to this category of bones.

    long

    short

    irregular

    flat

1 points   

QUESTION 38

  1. What general type of tissue is characterized by few cells, separated by a nonliving extracellular matrix?

    nervous tissue

    connective tissue

    organ tissue

    epithelial tissue

    muscle tissue

1 points   

QUESTION 39

  1. What is NOT a feature of a prokaryotic cell?

    Ribosomes

    Enzymes

    A nuclear membrane

    A plasma membrane

    DNA

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QUESTION 40

  1. What would happen if the plasma membrane were composed solely of phospholipids and no proteins?

    All movement of molecules across the membrane would cease.

    Facilitated diffusion, active transport, and osmosis would not occur.

    Simple diffusion and osmosis would continue to occur.

    Immune reactions would not be affected.

    The movement of molecules across the membrane would not be affected.

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what is interesting to know about the treacha wall in the respiratory system and what are...

what is interesting to know about the treacha wall in the respiratory system and what are its fuctions.

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