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How can you work out the chance of a child getting a genetic disease from a family tree?

This is really more of a puzzle than biology. You work this out the same way, no matter how big the tree is. First you need to figure out if the chromosome of the disorder is autosomal or sex-linked. If i...

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How and why are bacteria used in industry?

Bacteria are used in industry to produce enzymes and other proteins. Because they are prokaryotes and don't have a nucleus, every DNA plasmid that is taken up is translated. You just have to insert the pl...

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Answered by Niclas W. Biology tutor
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Write a function in pseudocode that determines if a given string is a palindrome

Declare and Initiate a new empty stringTraverse the given string using a loopTake each char from the given string and concatenate it to the beginning of the new stringCompare the final new string with the...

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Answered by Charles V. Computing tutor
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Describe split-brain research

Split-brain research is based on the concept of hemispheric lateralisation, which is the idea that the two hemispheres of the brain have different specialisations, they are not entirely the same. Split br...

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Answered by Allie S. Psychology tutor
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What is the difference between Oceanic and Continental Crust? What happens to the Oceanic crust when they collide?

Both oceanic and continental crust are less dense than the underlying mantle rocks which are ~3.3g/m3 and therefore they 'float' on top of the mantle. Oceanic crust is formed primarily of dense...

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Answered by Jacob M. Geology tutor
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