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MHC II Proteins are found on what type of cells? Professional Antigen Presenting Cells Molecular Koch's Postulate are important for identifying: A gene involved in virulence Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:01 / 0:15 Full screen Based on what we've discussed, why do you think you are supposed to get a flu shot each year? -Epitopes of flu strains are highly variable on an animal basis -No cross protection ...

Final Exam Questions. BIO 220

A patient is exhibiting abdominal pain and is having issues associated with urine output. An ultrasound and MRI indicate a kidney is "floating" free in the abdomen (yet still attached to the ureter). What could the issue be due to? - correct answer Damaged fibrous connective tissue (it holds the kidneys in place near abdominal wall) What is the functional unit of a kidney? - correct answer nephron Where does blood filtration happen in the kidneys? - correct answer Glomerulus how...

Ecology - correct answer Study of organisms and how they interact with their organic and inorganic environment; strives to understand distribution and abundance of organisms. Examples of what ecology is and isn't - correct answer Is: -Succession -Climate Change -Darwin's Finches -Natural Selection -Thermodynamics -Optimal Foraging -Fitness Isn't: -"Tree hugging" Yes and No: -Saving the whales -Going green -Wildfire -Jurassic Period -DNA History of ecology - cor...

Factors that limit population size - correct answer disease, war, famine, migration, high infant mortality, cultural factors (late marriage) etc. Carrying Capacity - correct answer number of organisms in a given species that can be supported indefinitely Malthus - correct answer Wrote "An Essay on the Principle of Population" 1798 -predicts population (exponential growth) will outgrow food supply (steady growth)--environmental degradation Demography - correct answer -The scie...

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Know the definition of microbe and discuss the contradictions that arise from the word microbe. Microbe: a living organism that requires a microscope to be seen Exceptions/ probs with def: (look in notebook for more detail) 1. Supersize Microbial Cells 2. Microbial Communities 3. Viruses Provide examples of microbes that profoundly affected human history. 1717- First sign of immunization for small pox. 1929- Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. 14th century- bubonic plag...

Final Exam Questions. BIO 220

A spiral shape constituting one form of the secondary structure of proteins, arising from a specific hydrogen-bonding structure. - correct answer alpha helix One form of the secondary structure of proteins in which the polypeptide chain folds back and forth, or where two regions of the chain lie parallel to each other and are held together by hydrogen bonds. - correct answer beta sheet In a polypeptide chain, the first amino acid has an exposed _______ - correct answer amino group ...

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