Your mother has albinism, which is a recessive trait. Your father has cystic fibrosis, which is also a
recessive trait. You just got married and discover that your new father-in-law has albinism and cystic
fibrosis. What are the odds that your first child will have neither albinism nor cystic fibrosis?
a. 1/16
b. 3/8
c. 1/8
d. 9/16
e. 0
D
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A. Some oxaloacetate would need to be produced through an alternative pathway to combine with acetyl CoA. B. Some citrate would need to be produced through an alternative pathway to combine with acetyl CoA. C. Cells would have to use energy sources other than glucose for metabolism. D. The citric acid cycle would eventually shut down when it ran out of intermediates and the cell would switch to glycolysis.
Fungi and plants have a long-term relationship in the history of life on Earth. Appraise the evidence in support of this concept
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following channels would not be expected to generate a change in voltage by movement of its substrate across the membrane where it is found?
(a) an aquaporin (b) a sodium channel (c) a calcium channel (d) a proton channel
In addition to investigations with bacteria that led to him being considered the Father of Microbiology, Pasteur also
A. found that some molecules can exist as stereoisomers. B. created aspartame. C. separated organic acids using a microscope. D. discovered polarized light. E. found that some molecules can exist as stereoisomers AND separated organic acids using a microscope.