The role of maternal factors (such as Vg-1, Xwnt-1, and VegT) packaged into the vegetal region of the Xenopus oocyte is:

#Question id: 2222

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

The solutions in the arms of a U-tube are separated at the bottom of the tube by a selectively permeable membrane. The membrane is permeable to sodium chloride but not to glucose. Side A is filled with a solution of 0.4 M glucose and 0.5 M sodium chloride (NaCl), and side B is filled with a solution containing 0.8 M glucose and 0.4 M sodium chloride. Initially, the volume in both arms is the same.

In the U-tube experiment illustrated above, which of the following statements correctly describes side B at equilibrium?

#Question id: 18383

#Unit 12. Applied Biology

#Question id: 11484

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Two students studying physiology taste a known "bitter" substance, and both report sensing bitterness. They then sample another substance. Student A reports sensing both a bitter taste and a salty taste, but student B reports only a salty taste. What is the most logical explanation?

#Question id: 4539

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The yeast S. cerevisiae exists in three forms: two haploid cells of different mating types—a and alpha and the diploid formed when an a and an a cell mate and fuse. The a cell and the a cell each encodes cell-type-specific regulators: a cells make the regulatory protein a1, and alpha cells make the proteins alpha1 and alpha2. A fourth regulatory protein, called Mcm1, is also involved in regulating the mating-type-specific genes (and many other genes) and is present in both cell types which shows Combinatorial Control.

The arrangement of regulators at the promoters of a-specific genes and a-specific genes is

#Question id: 12234

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles