Monkeys of South and Central America have prehensile tails, meaning that their tails can be used to grasp objects. The tails of African and Asian monkeys are not prehensile. Which discipline is most likely to provide an evolutionary explanation for how this difference in tails came about?

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#Question id: 21059

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

To reduce the level of deactivation of media components for culturing Lactobacillus spp., a high temperature and short time (HTST) regime is used for sterilization,

PRIMARILY because:

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#Question id: 21062

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

Aqueous Two Phase System (ATPS) is used to isolate a protease from a fermentation broth. The partition coefficient (K) is 2.5. For 80 % recovery of protease in a single step, the volume ratios of upper and the lower phases should be:

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#Question id: 21066

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

To achieve complete separation of two pharmaceutical compounds (shown as two peaks in the chromatogram), the relative separation (RS) should be:

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#Question id: 20823

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

In a plug flow bioreactor running at steady state, 12.5% cells are recycled back to the inlet. If the cells grow at μmax=1 h-1 throughout the length of the reactor (L=124 cm), then the flow velocity should be

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#Question id: 20824

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

In a CSTR, first order reaction takes place converting A to B. If at a dilution rate (D)= 0.5 h-1, 50% of A gets converted to B, then the rate constant ‘k’ of the reaction is:

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#Question id: 20827

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

A new spherical resin (of radius 300 urn) has been developed in which only the outer layer is activated to a depth of 100 um (as shown in figure). The fraction of the activated volume is: