In watermelons, bitter fruit (B) is dominant over sweet fruit (b), and yellow spots (S) are dominant over no spots (s). The genes for these two characteristics link at 30 map unit. A homozygous plant that has bitter fruit and yellow spots is crossed with a homozygous plant that has sweet fruit and no spots. If an F1 plant is backcrossed with the sweet fruit, no spot parent, what are the phenotypes ratio expected in the their offspring

#Question id: 382

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The molar ratio of sodium acetate to acetic acid in a buffer solution with a pH OF 5.76 is 10:1. Assuming the total buffer concentration is 2.2 X 10^-2 mol/L, how many grams of sodium acetate (m.w. 82) and how many grams of acetic acid (m.w. 60) should be used in preparing a litre of the solution?

#Question id: 383

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Three buffers are made by combining a 1 M solution of acetic acid with a 1 M solution of sodium acetate in the ratios shown below

 Which of these statements is true of the resulting buffers?

#Question id: 384

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

A solution was prepared by dissolving 0.02 moles of acetic acid (HOAc; pKa = 4.8) in water to give 1 liter of solution. What is the pH? To this solution was then added 0.008 moles of concentrated sodium hydroxide (NaOH). What is the new pH? (In this problem, you may ignore changes in volume due to the addition of NaOH).

#Question id: 387

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

For a weak acid with a pKa of 6.0, What would be the ratio of acid to salt at pH 5.

#Question id: 389

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

A weak acid HA has a pKa of 5.0.  If 1.0 mol of this acid and 0.1 mol of NaOH were dissolved in one liter of water, what would the final pH be?

#Question id: 390

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

What are the properties arising due to varying concentrations of solute in a given solvent, irrespective of the nature of solute with respect to the solvent?