A novel protist was discovered on a rock sample in a hot spring. Your task is to determine the lengths of DNA associated with its nucleosomes so that a colleague can then determine the nature of the proteins that comprise the nucleosome
How would you go about determining the lengths of these DNA fragments?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Briefly, the following steps need to be included in the descriptions: DNA isolation, treatment of the DNA with micrococcal nuclease, gel electrophoresis, and potential results.
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A mutation that changes the third position in a CUU codon to a C would
A) result in a frameshift mutation. B) shorten the protein. C) have no effect on the protein. D) also change the first two positions.
Motor neurons of the peripheral nervous system transmit impulses away from the central nervous system
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What does the phrase “antagonistic muscles” mean?
What will be an ideal response?
The ____ hypothesis predicts that ecosystem functions will be maintained more reliably in natural communities when
multiple species perform a given ecological function but differ in their responses to environmental changes
a. scientific redundancy b. ecosystem function c. biological insurance d. natural community
e. fungal dominance