7.012: Introductory Biology-Fall 2004 Instructors: Professor Eric Lander, Professor Robert A. Weinberg, Dr. Claudette Gardel Big Idea 1: Biology is based on observational and experimental science. 1. We think what we think because we can draw conclusions from the results of controlled experiments. 2. An informative experiment is designed to distinguish between hypotheses

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MIT Biology Department 7.012: Introductory Biology -Fall 2004 Instructors: Professor Eric Lander, Professor Robert A Weinberg Dr Claudette Gardel BigIdear At the molecular level, biology is based on three- dimensional interactions of complementary molecular surfaces Other important concepts

The hematopoietic system of mammals is a convenient model to use to study development and differentiation. The bone marrow transplantation experiment discussed in lecture indicates that stem cells are more than a figment of some biologist,'s fertile

Please print out this problem set and record your answers on the printed copy. answers to this problem set are to be turned in at the box outside by 4: 10 Wednesday, November 26. Problem sets will not be accepted late Solutions will be posted on the web November 27

The hematopoietic system of mammals is a convenient model to use to study development and differentiation. The bone marrow transplantation experiment discussed in lecture indicates that stem cells are more than a figment of some biologist's fertile imagination

Please print out this problem set and record your answers on the printed copy. answers to this problem set are to be turned in at the box outside by 4: 10 wednesday

A female geneticist has difficulty characterizing flies by their eye color because she herself is red-green colorblind(an X-linked recessive phenotype). She has one sister(colorblind) and one brother(not colorblind)

Please print out this problem set and record your answers on the printed copy. Answers to this problem set are to be turned in at the box outside by 4: 10 Wednesday, october22 Problem sets will not be accepted late Solutions will be posted on the web

Below is an electron micrograph of a single gene being transcribed. The DNA strand runs horizontally with RNa transcripts extending vertically outward Image removed due to copyright reasons a)Draw an arrow indicating the direction that the RNA polymerases are