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Which is an example of a study that might be done by a transmission geneticist?

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
  1. A comparison between many individuals indicates that the "short" variant of a particular gene seems to increase risk for alcoholism.
  2. DNA sequencing allows geneticists to determine the difference between the short and long variants of a newly discovered gene.
  3. Geneticists are able to clone and express a gene to produce human insulin.
  4. A GENETICIST COLLECTS FAMILY HISTORIES IN ORDER TO STUDY THE MECHANISM OF TRANSMISSION OF A GENETIC DISORDER. 
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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

 A research lab is trying to produce new antibiotics. They come up with drugs that detach the hydrophilic heads from the phospholipids in plasma membranes. This drug

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

A new drug is developed that targets and binds to the lipid A portion of LPS from Gram negative bacterial cells. This drug shows a high degree of activity and binding in a test tube setting against purified lipid A. Based on this information,

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

A new drug is developed that inhibits formation of the flagellar filament by impairing production of the protein flagellin. Is this going to be a good drug?

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

A urine sample with more than 100,000 organisms is considered indicative of infection. A urine sample containing 5,000 bacteria, with a generation time of 30 minutes, sits for 3 hours before finally being assayed. How many bacteria will then be present within the sample?

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

In a rapidly multiplying bacterial population, cell numbers increase

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Lister developed his ideas on prevention of infection during medical procedures after studying the work of