What is a model organism, and why is Saccharomyces cerevisiae so often used as one?

Q: (a) Starting with one molecule of glucose, how many ATPs are produced during (I) aerobic and (II) an...

A: Cellular respiration takes place in three stages, which are glycolysis (Ist stage), Krebs cycle (IIn...

Q: How do cells control gene expression? How do cell "switch" genes on/off? Draw a flow chart to match?

A: The genes are regulated from time-to-time to make changes in the organisms. The way in which protein...

Q: 2. A red snapdragon is crossed with a white snapdragon plant. Red pigment is incompletely dominant a...

A: Sometimes, a cross between organisms with two different phenotypes produces offspring with a third p...

Q: What is the link between "adaptability" and survivorship?

A: Adaptability is one of the few things that define a living system; the others being diversity, resil...

Q: use a flowchart to describe how a parasite obtains its food

A: The parasites are the organisms that depend or thrive on the other organism for food, shelter, repro...

Q: What is the treatment for pneumonia with immunocompromised

A: A person with an impaired immune system (immunocompromised) leads a very unhealthy life as he/she be...

Q: Anatomy and Physiology 2 question, Describe how the circulatory and lymphatic/immune systems are ana...

A: In terms of their anatomy, the circulatory system and the lymphatic system have certain similarities...

Q: VIRUS why do they steal cell membranes why are they not considered alive

A: Reasons for virus invading membranes and considering it as non living

Q: Citrate test What will happen to the organism if it can't use the carbon source provided?

A: Citrate or citrate utilization test is one of the biochemical tests (IMViC tests) that are used for ...

Q: Why do poriferans lack true tissues?

A: It is required to discuss that Poriferans lack true tissues.The phylum Porifera are one of the most ...

Q: What hormone has the greatest effect on intestinal digestion: (I) Cholecystokinin (CCK), (II) Secret...

A: Digestion is a process in which the food is broken down into simple form of chemical compounds. Thes...

Q: What is an amnion?

A: The question asks about the amnion.

Q: Citrate test What color indicates a rise in pH from the production of alkaline or basic products?

A: Citrate or citrate utilization test is one of the biochemical tests (IMViC tests) that are used for ...

Q: How is a plaque similar to a bacterial colony? 3

A: The bacteriophage viruses replicate and spread over a cell culture by producing cell destruction reg...

Q: What is environmental microbiology?:  Describe

A: Environmental microbiology is one of the most significant branches of microbiology. It refers to the...

Q: What advantages are associated with segmented bodies and appendages?

A: The term segmentation in biology means to duplicate the organs or body parts, like arms and legs. Se...

Q: What is the name of the flux from carbon in the atmosphere moving to carbon in the ocean?

A: Carbon is one of the most abundant elements present on the Earth in many forms or states of matter. ...

Q: What is the tissue type for the external nares or nostrils, parietal pleura, visceral pleura, lobes ...

A: The lungs are one of the significant organs present in the human body. They are spongy, filled with ...

Q: What evidence could you use to support that the organisms you observed under the microscope today we...

A: Microscopes are used to observe the morphology of organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and algae and...

Q: Have homo sapiens stopped evolving?

A: Evolution is described as the change in the characteristics of a population or species over time or ...

Q: How are protons involved in chloroplasts?

A: In plants, light energy is captured during the process of photosynthesis. Then occurs the building u...

Q: What treatment could be prescribed for individuals suffering from a norovirus infection?

A: Norovirus is a highly contagious virus which is known to cause severe vomiting and diarrhea. The vir...

Q: 2c. What are the advantages to cultivating perennials as food crops?

A: Food crops are plants that are used for consumption and include grains, spices, legumes, fruits, veg...

Q: can you explain  mitosis?

A: During the cell division, the mitosis is an important stage where the chromosomes are replicated int...

Q: Color blindness is a sex linked disease (on the X chromosome). The recessive form of t will lead to ...

A: Color blindness or color vision deficiency is a genetic disease, is a sex-linked disease. A person w...

Q: Omega 3 Fatty acid supplements are recommended for use to improve athletic endurance. 1. True ...

A: Omega-3 fatty acids are a class of essential polyunsaturated fatty acid. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) ...

Q: Citrate test What is the only souce of carbon in this medium?

A: Biochemical method of bacterial identification is a classical method that is used for the characteri...

Q: Which of the following factors can explain why vitamin D deficiency is on the rise? 1. incre...

A: The question asks to choose the factor that is the reason for the rise of deficiency of vitamin-D.Ex...

Q: How might a single base pair difference about 100 bases before the start codon of the CFTR gene caus...

A: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease that occurs due to mutated gene in chromosome 7 in human b...

Q: What is the location of chemical secreted, and location of chemical action of the following? Bile, B...

A: Bile is the greenish-yellow digestive secretion which is formed in the liver. It is then passed on t...

Q: What is the target for the antibiotics such as Carbapenems, Tetracylines, Sulfonamides, Polymyxin B....

A: Antibiotic is a drug that is used to treat bacterial infections which means antibiotics mainly targe...

Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages for aldehydes, gaseous sterilizers, peroxygens and organic...

A: Physical and chemical methods are used to control the microbes. Chemical methods are where chemicals...

Q: What era did Australopithecus afarensis evolve?

A: It is required to identify the era in which Australopithecus afarensis evolve.

Q: What is the target for the antibiotics such as Chloramphenicol, Oxazolidones, Isoniazid, Ethambutol,...

A: It is required to identify the targets for the antibiotics like Chloramphenicol, Oxazolidones, Isoni...

Q: How will treatment for the second tuberculosis infection likely differ from the first round?

A: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent to cause tuberculosis infection. The tuberculo...

Q: What is the Tissue types for the following? Cardiac sphincter, cardiac region, pyloric sphincter, py...

A: The stomach is usually formed of two major types of tissues, namely the connective tissues and the e...

Q: what is the function of the parietal pleura, visceral pleura, lobes of the lungs, alveoli, pulmonary...

A: Lungs are considered as the major organs of the respiratory system. Lungs are a pair of air-filled o...

Q: How does Gamma radiation control the microbial growth affect of cells?

A: Different forms of radiations are used to kill microorganisms or control their growth. Gamma rays fa...

Q: What is the tissue type for the following? Cecum, Appendix, Ascending Colon, Tranverse Colon, Descen...

A: The large intestine is otherwise known as large bowel. It forms the end part of the gastrointestinal...

Q: 4b. What advantages are associated with radial symmetry?

A: The arrangement of the organs, shape of the body, around a central axis is called as symmetry. Symme...

Q: Discuss how changes in organisms within an environmental affect their survival. Specifically discuss...

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Q: the raising these fish? To solve some of the problems with farming salmon, scientists produced genet...

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Q: What period did modern humans evolve?

A: Modern human beings are classified under the Tribe: Hominini under the Suborder: Anthropoidea of Ord...

Q: Describe a method of transmission for each type of meningitis.

A: Meningitis is the swelling of the protective membrane (meninges) of the spinal cord and the brain. T...

Q: What are the old theories of genetics pangenesis and blending?

A: Charles Darwin proposed his pangenesis theory in 1868 to describe the units of inheritance between p...

Q: Can you explain ACTIVE transport - more specifically how transport is facilitated by proteins (carri...

A: Movements of ions and molecules in and across the cell membrane are regulated by a set of transport ...

Q: how did metazoans evolve from a choanocyte like ancestor

A: ‘Metazoans’ is a term used to refer to all animals under the division of Metazoa. They are multicell...

Q: Refrigeration (~4 C) is used to slow down the spoiling of food. Which classification or classificati...

A: Based on their optimum temperature ranges, microorganisms are classified as psychrophiles, psychrotr...

Q: What are the most characteristic symptoms of diphtheria and why was this disease so deadly prior to ...

A: Corynebacterium diphtheria, a bacterium is the causative organism of the deadly disease diphtheria. ...

Food Microbiology

The subdivision of microbiology that deals with the interaction between microbes and food particles are called food microbiology. This scientific study incorporates both beneficial and harmful microbes and their effect on the food production, food storage, and health of human beings.