Stacy's mother has breast cancer, and she is worried that she may 'catch' this disease from her mom. Is Stacy right to be concerned? Evidence for your answer should use the following terms: Somatic cell, sex cell, cancer, mutation.

Chromosomes are lined up in the middle of the cell during which phase of mitosis?

Which statement is false? Organ rejection is a big risk in patients with organ transplants. Donor organs are treated with disinfectants and antibiotics before they are placed in the recipient.

Suppose an ecosystem suddenly loses all of its consumers to a disease. Which of the following scenarios would most likely happen? A} Carnivores and omnivores would starve to death. B} Energy would no longer enter the ecosystem.

State a kidney disease whose symptom is coloured and turbid urine

Disulfide Bonds Determine the Properties of Many Proteins Some natural proteins are rich in disulfide bonds, and their mechanical properties (tensile strength, viscosity, hardness, etc.) are correlated with the degree of disulfide bonding.

Where does nitrogen from the atmosphere go before it enters a plant

What muscles is important in controlling breathing?

The expression of a gene is said to be 'turned on' when certain signals interact with the promoter of a gene and RNA is produced. The strand of RNA that corresponds to a gene is complementary to the sequence of DNA.

How are the functions of a carbohydrate and a lipid similar? Both lower the activation energy of reactions. Both dissolve nutrients in the digestive system. Both are a source of energy. Both are replicated during meiosis.

The diagram below represents the time a cell spends in the two main phases of the cell cycle in which phase does a cell spend less time