A swim bladder is a gas-filled sac that helps fish maintain buoyancy. The evolution of the swim bladder from lungs of an ancestral fish is an example of

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The partial negative charge at one end of a water molecule is attracted to the partial positive charge of another water molecule. What is this attraction called?

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Suppose the major solutes in intact lysosomes are KCl (~0.1 M) and NaCl (~0.03 M). When isolating lysosomes, what concentration of sucrose is required in the extracting solution at room temperature (25 °C) to prevent swelling and lysis?

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Complete oxidation of 1 mole of which fatty acid would yield the most ATP?

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The enymatic rate constant (kcat/Km) of orotidine 5ʹ-phosphate decarboxylase is 6 x 10⁷ M^-1s^-1 and the nonenzymatic rate constant (kn) is 3 x 10^-16 s^-1.  What is the value of the enzymeʹs catalytic proficiency?