What are the parts of a nucleotide? 

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What are the parts of a nucleotide?  What is different between ATP and dATP in terms of molecular formula

In terms of Mendelian Genetics, discuss the following:

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In terms of Mendelian Genetics, discuss the following:  dominant and recessive traits, phenotype and genotype, homozygous and heterozygous, and alleles.

What types of gene or protein families may be important for multicellularity?  

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What types of gene or protein families may be important for multicellularity?  Can we compare the genomes of different multicellular lineages like animals and plants to identify the most important genes critical for multicellularity?  Why or why not?

Explain the following experiments and their importance in furthering the field of molecular biology:

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Explain the following experiments and their importance in furthering the field of molecular biology:

a. Beadle and Tatum Experiment
b. Griffith Experiment c. Avery Experiment
d. Chargaff’s Rules e. Hershey-Chase Experiment (include locations 32P and 35S)
f. Franklin’s Diffraction g. Watson and Crick’s Discovery
h. Kornberg’s Experiment i. Meselson-Stahl Experiment (include the location of 14N and 15N)
j. Ingram’s Discovery k. Crick’s Central Dogma
21. Why was it believed that DNA could not encode proteins directly?
22. Why was it believed that RNA coded for proteins using an adapter molecule, rather than directly
synthesizing proteins?
23. How did Brenner, Jacob, and Meselson show that mRNA, not rRNA, was

Which one of the following statements is true when comparing starch and cellulose?

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Which one of the following statements is true when comparing starch and cellulose?

Starch is made of amino acids and cellulose is made of glucose monomers

Starch is made from a different enantiomeric form of glucose than cellulose is.

Explain how the duplication of Hox genes and Hox gene complexes relates to the evolution of novel characteristics

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Explain how the duplication of Hox genes and Hox gene complexes relates to the evolution of novel characteristics and new body plans in vertebrates.

Define the distinguishing characteristics of chordates and vertebrates,

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Define the distinguishing characteristics of chordates and vertebrates, and contrast them with the characteristics of other animal phyla.

What were some reasons people were resistant to the idea that the fossils Dubois

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What were some reasons people were resistant to the idea that the fossils Dubois and Dart found were human ancestors? What makes it so hard to classify all these fossils (by Dubois, Dart, and others)? Allman ancestors solely

What is the role of the Haversian canal, osteocyte, and canaliculi in keeping osteocytes alive

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What is the role of the Haversian canal, osteocyte, and canaliculi in keeping osteocytes alive despite being surrounded by bone

Outline a method for using apomixis to maintain feminized Cannabis

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Outline a method for using apomixis to maintain feminized Cannabis, Assume apomixis is controlled by a single dominant gene. It can be obligate or facultative, gametophytic or sporophytic, you decide. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of your proposed method.