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#Question id: 3252

 The unaffected brother of a cystic fibrosis affected girl is referred for genetic counseling. Assume that the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Which of the following is correct?  (Cystic fibrosis is an autosomes recessive inheritance with an incidence of 1 in 2500).

#SCPH28 | Zoology

  1. The probability that the brother is a carrier is 1/2)

  2. If the brother has a child with a healthy unrelated partner the probability that the child will be affected is 1 in 150.

  3. If the brother has a child with his first cousin the probability that the child will be affected is 1 in 12)

  4. If the affected sister has a child with her first cousin the probability that the child will be affected is 1 in 4)

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#Question id: 3643

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

One DNA strand, the______________, is made continuously in a 5→3 direction from the origin.
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#Question id: 655

#SCPH06 I Botany

A change from one conformation of a molecule to another involves ________.
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#Question id: 27756

#Research Methodology

The objective of ______ is the development of hypotheses rather than their
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#Question id: 15138

#I Life Science/ Life Sciences Group – I-V

Match the items in group 1 with an appropriate description in group 2.
Group 1                                                                Group 2
(P) SWISS PROT                                 (1) derived protein structure database 
(Q) Local alignment                          (2) protein sequence database
(R) CATH                                             (3) GAP
(S) Global alignment                        (4) Smith–Waterman algorithm
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#Question id: 12677

#SCPH06 I Botany

Aquatic ecosystems that are most readily damaged by acid are those that lack an important buffer that dissolves into the runoff after a precipitation event. What is this buffer?