How do water molecules act like "little magnets"

Keeping in mind the life cycle of bacteriophages, consider the following problem: during the reproductive cycle of a temperate bacteriophage, the viral dna inserts into the bacterial chromosome where the resultant prophage behaves much like a trojan horse. it can remain quiescent, or it can become lytic and initiate a burst of progeny viruses. several operons maintain the prophage state by interacting with a repressor that keeps the lytic cycle in check. insults (ultraviolet light, for example) to the bacterial cell lead to a partial breakdown of the repressor, which in turn causes the production of enzymes involved in the lytic cycle. as stated in this simple form, would you consider this system of regulation to be operating under positive or negative control?

1) what three conditions must be present for minerals to form through natural processes? 2) why are minerals considered inorganic substances? 3) how do oxides differ from other minerals that contain oxygen atoms? 4) how is a sulfide different from a sulfate? what makes native elements unique?

1. in a certain species of plant, the color purple (p) is dominant to the color white (p). according the punnett square, what is the probability of and offspring being white? 50%25%0%100% 2. in a certain species of plant, the color purple (p) is dominant to the color white (p). according the punnett square, what is the probability of and offspring being white? 0%100%50%25%(picture 1 is for question 1, and picture 2 is for question 2)