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Different Mutations Leading to Same Allele?

Can different mutations lead to the same allele? In my genetics books, I always see alleles referenced as, eg. Aa where A = dominant and a = recessive, but are...

Asked on 09/01/2021

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What are the physiological effects of retinal exposure to 380–400nm light?

There are two categories of sunglasses: UV380 sunglasses block all light with wavelength 380nm or lower, while UV400 sunglasses block all light with wavelength 400nm or lower. This made me...

Asked on 09/01/2021

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Can a shark stall?

Today in marine biology I learned that, like airplanes, sharks use their pectoral fins to generate lift. The question that neither me or my Professor know is if a...

Asked on 08/31/2021 by Donovan Cunningham

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Can people be bred for tameness in a similar way to Russian foxes?

Russian foxes were selectively bred for tameness. Can a similar process happen to humans, under the right conditions — say, extreme political pressure to obey ?...

Asked on 08/31/2021 by Jimmy Widdle

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Would BMP7 introduced to a Petri dish with cartilage cause chondrocytes to replicate?

Chondrocytes are the cells that make up cartilage. As I understand it, the best growth factor that signals replication of chondrocytes is Bone morphogenetic protein 7. If supplied with a...

Asked on 08/30/2021 by Delaney Fitzpatrick

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Are Flippase Recognition Target sites read through during transcription?

I believe it is quite straight forward, but if i have a FRT site following the last exon of a gene (with the stop codon removed), would the transcription factors...

Asked on 08/30/2021 by Varun Chopra

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Why is the opposite of plantar flexion called "dorsiflexion"?

Why is the action of flexing the foot so that the toes move anteriorly/superiorly (i.e. in the direction opposite that which they move during plantar flexion) described as "dorsiflexion?" In...

Asked on 08/30/2021 by senshin

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What is the closest species to humans in animal kingdom?

I presumed chimpanzees were the closest relatives of us. However, after watching this TED Talk, it seems bonobos are closer to us both in skeleton and behavioral...

Asked on 08/29/2021 by Özgür

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At small axon diameters (<1 µm), why does myelination not increase neuronal conduction velocity?

As per the diagram below (and other graphs available online), why do unmyelinated fibres have a higher conduction velocity than myelinated fibres when the axon diameter is less than around...

Asked on 08/29/2021

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Why are monarch butterflies attracted to particular flowers but not others?

I have a "Purple Emperor Butterfly Bush" (Buddleia davidii 'Purple Emperor') and sure enough it does attract butterflies. I have seen monarch butterflies using it, which confuses me, because I...

Asked on 08/29/2021

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