Gray whales and yeast cells do not seem like they have much in common, but their dna molecules use the same coding rules to build protein and direct cell function. this universal genetic code that is shared by all living organisms gives possible support for many of the hypotheses about the origin of life. in this assignment, you will examine genes of several different species and apply this information to the hypotheses discussed in the lesson

The asian shore crab (hemigrapsus sanguineus) is an invasive species that has impacted the atlantic coast. predict what characteristic of this invader would most likely disrupt the biodiversity of this area.

Bisphenol a (often called bpa) is a chemical found in products that people use every day, from water bottles to food containers to children's toys. unfortunately, bpa leaches out of its many products and makes its way into our bodies. what are the health effects of bpa exposure? ongoing research is finding that elevated exposure to bpa can affect a wide variety of developmental and physiological processes, but one of the first studies of bpa's health effects came about because of a simple mistake in the lab. at a laboratory at case western reserve university in 1998, geneticist patricia hunt was making a routine check of her female lab mice. as she extracted and examined developing eggs from the ovaries, she began to wonder what had gone wrong. she noticed that many of the eggs showed problems with their chromosomes, and some had irregular amounts of genetic material, which can lead to miscarriages and birth defects in mammals. she learned that a lab assistant had mistakenly washed the plastic mouse cages and water bottles with a harsh soap, releasing bpa from the plastic. knowing that bpa is an endocrine disruptor, a chemical that can enter organisms and mimic hormones, hunt set out to discover whether it had adversely affected her mice.

Recombinant dna is the merging of dna from unrelated organisms to create new genetic varieties is assembled in the lab from mononucleotides was part of the green revolution of the 1960s is pollination of one plant by another of the same species is cross-pollination of one plant by a different species