Explain how the study of epigenetics can lead to improved treatment of cancer.

About 80% of the alleles present in thoroughbred horses can be dated back to 31 known ancestors from the late eighteenth century. As a result, one would expect ________

A tRNA is chemically modified so that the amino acid bound is different than the one specified by its anticodon. Which codon in the mRNA would the tRNA recognize: the one specified by its anticodon or the one that matches the modified amino acid it carries?

In vertebrates, DNA methylation—the addition of a methyl group to DNA nucleotides—ensures that

Scientists found that different beak shapes correlate with different mating songs in Darwin’s finches. Which hypothesis does this support?

A researcher wants to study cancer cells from a patient with breast cancer. Is cloning the cancer cells an option?

Describe two ways in which gene regulation differs and two ways in which it is similar in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

If you were given a bacterial strain with a mutation in the promoter region of the trp operon the most likely effect would be

What would happen if the 5’ methyl guanosine was not added to an mRNA?

Which type of disease is LEAST likely to be able to be treated using genome editing with TALEN or CRISPR?