The following is a list themes that we find throughout all o…
The following is a list themes that we find throughout all of biology and that are discussed in Chapter 1. Use them to answer the following questions.1 New properties emerge at successive levels of biological organization.2 From ecosystems to molecules, interactions are important in biological systems.3 Life requires the transfer and transformation of energy and matter.4 Structure and function are correlated at all levels of biological organization.5 Cells are an organism’s basic units of structure and function.6 Life’s processes involve the expression and transmission of genetic information.7 Evolution, the core theme of biology. Which theme(s) is/are best illustrated by an experiment in which a biologist seeks a medication that will control the pH of blood in a cancer patient?
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GIVEN: Normal hemoglobin is a tetramer, consisting of two polpeptides of beta hemoglobin and two polypeptides of alpha hemoglobin. In sickle-cell disease, as a result of a single amino acid change, the mutant hemoglobin tetramers associate with each other and assemble into large fibers. Based on this information alone, we can conclude that sickle-cell hemoglobin exhibits
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