Quick Check 1 Quick Check 2 Hypothesis Mice that live in sand dunes have light tan fur because it helps them stay hidden in the sand or camouflaged The color of their fur is used as a protection method for predators Experiment First I would lay the boundaries in the sand dunes Then I would get 10 mice that have light tan fur and then get 10 mice that have a darker colored fur and put them inside the boundary Next I would find a predator of the sand dune mice and put it in the boundary Then I would watch and observe to see which mice are having and easier time hiding from the predator I would then record the data I observed and see if it proved my hypothesis accurate Experiment I would take 20 people in their thirties who have never smoked 20 people in their thirties who smoke all the time and 20 people in their thirties who formally smoked Then I would have each person that smokes record how many cigarettes they smoke per day their age and how long they have been smoking for I would have them do this for the next 30 years Then for former smokers I would have them tally how long it has been since they smoked a cigarette and I would have them record their age For The non smokers they can go about their day as normal with out smoking I would check on the people throughout the 30 years to make sure they are recording the data correctly After the 30 years is up I would collect the data and compare the results and see how many deaths and changes in smoking habits have occurred Quick Check 3 The central dogma helps us understand how mutations in DNA cause disease because the central dogma is the main thesis of molecular inheritance In its simplest form it states that DNA makes RNA which makes protein it is the pedagogical tenet that translation of a protein invariably follows a chain of molecular command where DNA acts as the template for both its own replication and for the transcription to RNA and with subsequent maturation to mRNA which then serves as a template for translation into a protein Meaning the central dogma is an explanation of the flow of genetic information within a biological system DNA directs the formation of proteins that do the cell s work Mutations can result in proteins with altered structure and therefore different functions Changes in protein function can cause the cell to work improperly or fail altogether resulting in some cases in disease
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