Fossils of Lystrosaurus, a dicynodont therapsid, are most common in parts of modern-day South America, South Africa, Madagascar, India, South Australia, and Antarctica. It apparently lived in arid regions, and was mostly herbivorous. It originated during the mid-Permian period, survived the Permian extinction, and dwindled by the late Triassic, though there is evidence of a relict population in Australia during the Cretaceous. The dicynodonts had two large tusks, extending down from their upper jaws; the tusks were not used for food gathering, and in some species were limited to males. Food was gathered using an otherwise toothless beak. Judging from the fossil record, these pig-sized organisms were the most common mammal-like reptiles of the Permian. Anatomically, what was true of Lystrosaurus?

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#SCPH01 Biochemistry

You are studying a new strain of E. coli that can utilize the disaccharide melibiose very efficiently. You find that utilization depends on the enzyme melibiase, which is encoded by the gene Mel1. Mel1 is not expressed unless melibiose is present in the growth medium. Explain the two regulatory pathways for Mel1 that can explain the behavior of the MelA– and MelB– mutations. For each regulatory pathways what is a role for the inducer melibiose?

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#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

What is the catalyst in the chloroalkane reaction of a primary alcohol with HCl?

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#SCPH01 Biochemistry

Which of the following enzymes are required for end labelling?

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#SCPH06 I Botany

Ammonium can be assimilated via an alternative pathway rather than primary pathway which involves the sequential actions of glutamine synthetase(GS) and glutamate synthase(GOGAT), these alternative pathway catalyzes by enzyme known as,

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#SCPH12 I Genetics

Histone ________ is not part of the histone octamer, but binds to linker DNA and is responsible for higher-order chromatin structure.