Explain in details the advantages and disadvantages of zebrafish as an animal model.
1_write the two equations that represent the gas exchange between blood and air
2_Explain the change of blood color when passing through a pulmonary alveolus
3_name the blood components transporting the respiratory gases
4_Name the form by which these respiratory gases are transported
How do transcription factors work? What is their relationship to control regions in DNA?
All cells in an organism contain the same genes, however, it contains different types of cells. How is this paradox of “genetic equivalence” resolved by the concept of “differential gene expression”?
A person has a tumour blocking the tube leading from the gall bladder to small intestine.
Explain why this person would have difficulty digesting fat.
3 Some types of cancer can cause the numbers of blood components in a person’s
body to fall to a dangerously low level.
A person with one of these types of cancer may experience symptoms such as:
• tiredness
• frequent infections
• bleeding that will not stop after the skin is cut.
Explain how a very low number of blood components in the body can cause
these symptoms.
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Amylase is a polymer of smaller molecules.
Name the type of smaller molecule
2. Calculate the ratio of ionized and non-ionized forms of the medicinal product of dimedrol in the stomach (pH = 2.06) and intestine (pH = 8.06) if its pK = 9.06. Where will the drug be absorbed: in the stomach and/ or intestines?
Evolution is a central, unifying theme in biology beacause?
Turkeys have 76 diploid chromosomes total in each cell. How many types of
chromosomes would that be?