Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?

What will be an ideal response?


This question asked you to analyze why some obese people are resistance to leptin. If you got the
correct answer, great job! If you got an incorrect answer, where did the process break down? Did you
think that leptin was a paracrine signal instead of endocrine? Did you think that leptin was a second
messenger or kinase?

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After seeds were planted, some of the seedlings did not emerge from the soil. Is it possible they did not grow because some of the seeds were planted upside down?

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