Many bacteria, including E. coli, are capable of growing under both anaerobic and aerobic conditions. Some mutations are introduced into an E. coli strain that inactivate several enzymes involved in DNA repair. The mutant strain grows normally when kept in an incubator with a 100% nitrogen gas atmosphere. However, the strain dies when exposed to a normal laboratory atmosphere. Why

Football players often sustain lateral blows to the extended knee. which of the ligaments is (are) damaged as a result? a. suprapatellar b. oblique popliteal and extracapsular ligament c. medial collateral, medial meniscus, and anterior cruciate d. arcuate popliteal and the posterior cruciate

Which of the following was a characteristic of a dromaeosaur? modified front claw grasping with their forelimbs both a and b none of the above

The kidney filters potentially toxic substances in the blood, and thus “clears” the blood of those substances. this clearance function is dependent upon and proportional to the diffusion gradient of the substance across filtering capillaries, i.e. if the concentration of the substance is doubled, twice as much will be cleared from each ml of blood that is filtered. suppose that the body produces a constant amount of a substance x per unit of time. the kidneys eliminate substance x at a rate directly proportional to the concentration of the substance and the volume of blood cleared each minute (c): elimination = c × [x], where [x] is the steady-state concentration of substance x. imagine an individual with an initial concentration of x equal to [x]0 who develops kidney disease. her baseline clearance c0 drops to one half of the original (½c0). what is the new steady state concentration of x? (for simplicity, assume that substance x is 100% filtered by the kidney).