What is the advantage to prokaryotes grouping related metabolic gene products into a single operon

Why reason best illustrates why hershey and chase chose to use viruses in their experiment?

Ras is a g-protein that is activated when a growth factor attaches to egfr. its activation results in the replacement of a gdp molecule with a gtp molecule, thus allowing a signal transduction pathway to be activated. considering the signal pathway illustrated on this page, what is one potential outcome of a mutation in the ras gene that leads to ras protein hyperactivity. be specific.

If the dimensions of a cube-shaped cell with a length,height, and width of 1 micrometer were to double, what would be the cell's new ratio of surface area to volume? a.3 to 1 b.4 to 3 c.1 to 2 d1 to 6