A female fly, full of fertilized eggs, is swept by high winds to an island far out to sea. She is the first fly to arrive on this island, and the only fly to arrive in this way. Thousands of years later, her numerous offspring occupy the island, but none of them resembles her. There are, instead, several species each of which eats only a certain type of food. None of the species can fly, for their flight wings are absent, and their balancing organs (i.e., halteres) are now used in courtship displays. The male members of each species bear modified halteres that are unique in appearance to their species. Females bear vestigial halteres. The ranges of all of the daughter species overlap.In each fly species, the entire body segment that gave rise to the original flight wings is missing. The mutation(s) that led to the flightless condition could have

#Question id: 455

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which of the following is correct for a step in a reaction pathway to serve as a control point

A) irreversible  B) endergonic  C) far from equilibrium

#Question id: 456

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which of the following function is done by compartmentation of enzymes?

A) helps loss by diffusion.

B) keeps separate pools of metabolites in cells.

C) can help control metabolic pathways.

#Question id: 457

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which are membrane associated pathways?

A) electron transport chain in eukaryotes

B) citric acid cycle in bacteria

C) photosynthesis

D) glycolysis

#Question id: 458

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Ten people are sitting in a row. Their objective is to whisper a secret from one person to the next all the way down the row. The first person whispers the secret to the second person who passes the secret to the third person and so on. After whispering to the third person, the second person in the row notices the ninth person has fallen asleep in their chair, so she gets up, goes down the row and shakes person nine awake. This example is similar to ________.

#Question id: 459

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Calculate △G°ʹ for the reaction shown if the mass action ratio, Q, is 5.3 × 102 M-1 and △G is 46 kJ/mol at a temperature of 298 K. (R = 8.315 J/K-mol)

ADP + Pi ⇌ ATP

#Question id: 460

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The hydrolysis of ATP to ADP has a △G°ʹ of -30 kJ/mol. If in an E. coli cell the concentrations of ATP, ADP and inorganic phosphate are 7.90 mM, 1.04 mM and 7.9 mM, respectively, which statement is true about the hydrolysis of ATP in the cell? (Assume a temperature of 298 K. R = 8.315 J/K-mol)