When biologists studying cells compare cells to a factory assembling the biochemical products needed to support the body's economy, they are using a..
a. organic metaphor
b. societal metaphor
c. computer metaphor
The answer is Organic metaphor
Hey Leeann479!
The chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross is called a
Punnett Square! I've attached an example of one to this answer.
Hope this helps!
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The answer is the recessive allele
reduce lipid mobility
decrease membrane fluidity
When fatty acid tails are saturated, it means that their conformation is perfectly straight becoming easy to compact more and more fatty acids, as they fit perfectly together, and therefore reducing lipid mobility. In turn, if lipid mobility is reduced, the membrane fluidity is decreased because the lipids are too "stiff" together.
Cholesterol refers to a fat-like waxy substance, which is found in all the cells of the body. The body needs some cholesterol to produce hormones, substances that assist in digesting foods, and vitamin D. The body produces all the cholesterol it requires.
Cholesterol enhances the fluidity of the membrane, which otherwise comprises majorly the long-chain saturated fatty acids.
Cholesterol minimizes the fluidity of the membrane in the regions known as rafts that comprise huge concentrations of cholesterol and sphingolipids.
