
Stealth Mosquitoes? - Biology Stack Exchange
Aug 26, 2024 · Have mosquitoes become silent and invisible, or am I losing my senses of hearing and sight? This summer I have seen no mosquitoes and have only heard two of them, very quiet, as I sat …
How is the size of a gene defined? - Biology Stack Exchange
Jun 16, 2016 · Is there an agreed definition as to how many nucleic acid bases constitute a gene? If not, why not? I'm not sure I understand how the exact sizes of genes are defined.
Why does K+ move out of the cell? - Biology Stack Exchange
Jun 9, 2017 · The other answer is a bit misleading. "Another cause is the the intracellular K+ concentration" No, this is exactly the same cause, the differing concentrations is what causes the …
Thermodynamics of spontaneous protein folding: role of enthalpy …
Sep 5, 2016 · Summary The first explanation is commonly encountered. The second explanation cannot be correct, as it stands, as it ignores the free energy change in the protein. A modification of the …
Are there any papers that give examples of what is a "high" and "low ...
May 10, 2024 · No. High and low gene expression are not absolute concepts, as the poster himself would seem to recognize in his speculations about different types of protein. In science you can only …
Mammal body density - Biology Stack Exchange
Human body density is approximately 1 kg/l (same as fresh water) - which is not surprising (at first) given that we are 70% water, and is surprising (on a second thought), given that the other 30% ...
Phosphorylation of glucose in glycolysis - Biology Stack Exchange
Jul 26, 2025 · In the first step of glycolysis, the glucose ring is phosphorylated. Phosphorylation is the process of adding a phosphate group to a molecule derived from ATP. As a result, at this point in …
Why are so few foods blue? - Biology Stack Exchange
Feb 22, 2017 · Although blue foods exist, they're rare enough compared to other foods for food preparers to use blue plasters as a convention. The natural colour of a given food is due to pigments …
dna - qPCR precipitation - Biology Stack Exchange
Nov 8, 2023 · I have performed DNA precipitation using two methods on an amplified 194 bp PCR product: using a PEG method with just cold 80% ethanol PEG worked much better for me. Can the …
Can phenotype change without change in genotype?
May 21, 2024 · The Logical fallacy ‘Phenotype’ is defined [by the poster] as the morphological expression of characters on the basis of genetic constitution/genotype There is no reason to accept …