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#Question id: 1042

A student complains that it makes no sense to worry about coliform bacteria in water, since we naturally possess harmless coliforms in our intestines anyway. Why do regulatory agencies worry about coliform bacteria in water supplies, then?

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

  1. The coliforms in our intestines can sometimes turn harmful, causing intestinal infections. We need to constantly be on guard against this happening. Coliforms in water might add to this potential problem.

  2. Not all coliforms are harmless and symbiotic with human beings. Some may carry genes/proteins that can make them dangerous to humans. It's best to keep coliforms OUT of our drinking water, since it's difficult to identify which ones might be harmless and which ones might be harmful.

  3. Regulatory agencies are worried that multiple types of coliforms in water might lead to greater antibiotic resistance in the bacterial populations. They try to keep them out of water to keep antibiotic resistance levels down.

  4. Regulatory agencies simply need something to do to justify their existence. There is no real danger from coliforms in water supplies.

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#Question id: 3515

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

What proportional of F2 round seeded plant would produce all round plant after self fertilization?
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#Question id: 3516

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Cross allowed between pure line tall plant with pure line dwarf plant , all F1 having tall phenotype were allowed to self to produced  200 plant The number of F2 plant having pure line tall phenotype?
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#Question id: 3517

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The following two genotypes are crossed: AaBbCcddX AabbCcDd. What will number of different genotypes among the progeny of this cross?
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#Question id: 3518

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Assume that the trihybrid cross AA BB rr X aa bb RR is made in a plant species in which A and B are dominant but there is incomplete dominance between R and r. Consider the F2 progeny from this cross, and assume independent assortment. The phenotypes appear in this F2 progeny?
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#Question id: 3519

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

If quadruple heterozygote of genotype Aa Bb Cc Dd is self-fertilized, what is the probability of a quadruple heterozygote Aa Bb Cc Dd offspring is assuming independent assortment of all four pairs of alleles.
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#Question id: 3520

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

flower colour  in plant  RR- red , rr- white , Rr- pink  and height of plant ( TT,Tt-tall)  ,(tt- dwarf), If cross allowed between plant RrTt X Rrtt, then what probability of progeny plant having pink flower and dwarf variety ?