Continuing with the question above… assume that gretchen analyzes the situation further. typically, glen has been allowed to bring an elmo doll into the bathroom with him when he uses the toilet. (earlier, elmo was used as a reinforcer for using the toilet.) glen sits elmo on a little potty chair in the bathroom while he uses the toilet. gretchen notices that the entire time glen is in the bathroom, he looks at elmo, talks to him, and sings sesame street songs. how should gretchen use this information?

Food provides molecules that serve as fuel and building material for all organisms. plants undergo photosynthesis and make their own food. other organisms, like us and the horse seen above, are consumers and eat food. how do all organisms use food as fuel? be sure to include the name of the process in your answer. me.

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)

The human genome project is devoted to mapping the general dna sequence of our species. this could lead to the development of new medicines, as well as the possibility of using gene therapy to treat certain diseases. however, there are some ethical issues surrounding the mapping of individual genomes. one concern is a) that your genes may change over time, making the project useless. b) that insurance companies could discriminate based on genetic make-up. c) that since this has never been done before, we should probably not do it now. d) that sequencing our individual genomes is so expensive, it is a counter-productive strategy.