Answer:
In cotransport, a single ATP-powered pump that transports a specific solute drives the active transport of several other solutes. Normally, sodium in waste is reabsorbed in the colon, maintaining constant levels in the body, but diarrhea expels waste so rapidly that re-absorption is not possible, and sodium levels fall precipitously. To treat this life threatening condition, patients are given a solution to drink containing high concentrations of salt and glucose. The solutes are taken up by sodium-glucose cotransporters on the surface of intestinal cells and passed through the cells into the blood. This simple treatment has lowered infant mortality worldwide.
Answer:
a) False.
b) True.
c) False.
d) True.
e) False.
f) True
g) True.
Explanation:
a) The main characteristic of homologous chromosomes is that they have an equal size. There is a difference in size on both chromosomes.
b) In number one, two chromosomes are homologous. In number two also two chromosomes are homologous. On the other hand, the chromosomes at number one and two are different. Each chromosome has two sister chromatids.
c) A DNA molecule has a double helix, that is, two chains. When a DNA chain is broken and a chromatide has a DNA chain, then two chromatids make up a chromosome and a DNA chain, in this way there are eight dsDNA molecules
d) If each chromosome contains a centromere, therefore, there are four centromeres on all four chromosomes.
e) If a chromosome contains four telomeres, therefore there will be sixteen telomeres.
f) The function of cohesin is to regulate the separation of chromatids in the cell division process. When DNA replication is complete, the DNA compacts and condenses to form mitotic chromosomes.
g) The CENPA protein is encoded by the CENPA gene.
Explanation:
Irreducible complexity (IC) involves the idea that certain biological systems cannot evolve by successive small modifications to pre-existing functional systems through natural selection.
