PART 2: Fireflies Go back to Molecules of Inheritance and click on What Makes a Firefly Glow?
6. What does the LUC gene specify? Are enzymes that emit light. (Luciferases)
7. a. The RNA polymerase makes a copy of the LUC gene in what form? In the form of mRNA (similar to DNA)
b. Once transcription is complete, where does the mRNA go next?
8. What is the cell's protein-making machine?
9. What is the being make through the string of amino acids?
10. What must happen in order for the LUC gene to become active?
11. In order for the firefly to produce visible light, how many luciferase enzymes must be produced at
once?
12. What chemical does the luciferase seek to bind with?
13. What molecule is the luciferin combing with to form oxyluciferin?
14. Why does the firefly emit the light produced in this reaction?
PART 3: DNA Game
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Which of the following is a correct cause and effect relationship for a symptom of diabetes? (note: this is referring to the cause that directly comes before the effect).saturation of glut causes polyuriahyperglycemia causes polydipsiapolyuria causes dehydration

Considering the yellow and green pea color phenotypes studied by gregor mendel: a. what is the biochemical function of the protein that is specified by the gene responsible for the pea color phenotype? (1 point) b. a null allele of a gene is an allele that does not specify (or encode) any of the biochemical function that the gene normally provides (in other words, either no protein at all or only non-functional protein is produced from it). of the two alleles, y and y, which is more likely to be a null allele? (1 point) c. in terms of the underlying biochemistry, why is the y allele dominant to the y allele? (2 points) d. why are peas that are yy homozygotes green? (1 point) e. the amount of protein produced from a gene is roughly proportional to the number of functional copies of the gene carried by a cell or individual. what do the phenotypes of yy homozygotes, yy heterozygotes, and yy homozygotes tell us about the amount of sgr enzyme needed to produce a yellow color? explain your reasoning. (2 points)

Which is an advantage of having memory cells when a pathogen is encountered for a second time. a) the memory cells are what proliferate into clones of cells in response to the binding of an antigen. b) memory cells are vital to the primary immune response in that they immediately recognize pathogens even at the first encounter. c) memory cells are essentially effector cells that are short lived and attack antigens even without having a receptor specific to that antigen. d) it ensures that more lymphocytes with a receptor specific to a particular antigen will be present than in a host that had never encountered that pathogen.