Essays Tagged: "AP Biology"
Plasmid Fusion and PCR
This details the molecular biology lab in AP Biology. Best grade in class.The AMGEN Lab that we have been doing for the past two weeks consist ... ocess called Electrophoresis. First we suspendthe DNA in a solution of Agarose. Then an electric is applied, one end is "+" and the other"-". DNA forms ions, like most substances that dissolve in wate ... it through, the cell should accept the new plasmid and start producing theresistance enzyme to Chloraphenicol and Ampicillin. The next and final part of theexperiment is referred to as plating out. Th ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Cloning
and pulled off a B+ Good information...opinion needs to be developed morePaul SmithFebruary 12, 1997AP BiologyMr. CantorPeriods 3B-4CLONINGCloning is the production of a group of genetically identical ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects
Introns and Exons
- -March 31 1997AP. Biology essayIntrons and Exons.The finding of the Introns and the exons was one of the most sign ... tioning RNA it must under go several stages of modification.At first, when the mRNA is produced, a cap is added enzymaticully to the 5¹ end of the RNA by linking a 7-methylguanosine residue by a ... end of the RNA by linking a 7-methylguanosine residue by a triphosphate bond this is called the G-cap. The G-cap is necessary for translation. The subunit of the ribosome recognizes the G-cap and the ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Vertebrate adaptations for terrestrial Life.
This essay is for my AP-BIO class from actual AP-Biology test noneAP-Biology Essay on vertebrate structural adaptations f ... oneAP-Biology Essay on vertebrate structural adaptations for terrestrial life. (From an actual past AP-BIOLOGY test)The problems of survival of animals on land are very different from those of surviva ... stem removes oxygen, and delivers waste carbon dioxide. Land vertebrates have developed a different approach to the problem of gas exchange, as water is not present in all of the terrestrial environme ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
An AP Biology Lab: Inhibiting the Action of Catechol Oxidase
ng the Action of Catechol OxidaseBy: Kimberly G.Introduction:In this lab, Mr. Greene's sixth period AP Biology class split into groups "to investigate inhibition of enzyme activity by specific chemica ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry
1979 A.P.
PLANT SYSTEMS QUESTION 1979:L. PETERSON/AP BIOLOGYIn relation to plants, describe in detail one way of:a) measuring the rate of transpiratio ... easuring the rate of photosynthesisc) separating pigmentsEssay :Transpiration is the loss of water vapor from land plants into the atmosphere, causing movement of water through the plant from the soil ... rature, humidity, wind, and light, and the water in the soil. A plant cannot continue to transpire rapidly if its water loss is not made up by replacement from the soil. When absorption of water by th ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
BioTechnology Essay
Vidushi SinghAP Biology pd. 2March 16, 2004Biotechnology Essaya) PCRPCR- Polymerase chain reaction is a method us ... mammoth; blood, tissue or semen found at the scenes of violent crimes; single embryonic cells for rapid prenatal diagnoses of genetic disorders; and viral genes from cells infected with difficult-to- ... FLP markers are inherited in a Mendelian way, they can serve as genetic markers for making linkage maps. The frequency with which 2 RFLP markers-or an RFLP marker & a certain allele for a gene-are ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology