When is gene expression blocked in the lac operon system? RNA polymerase begins transcribing the genes.

The repressor protein blocks the genes from making mRNA.

The repressor protein destroys the genes required to produce enzymes.

Lactose binds to the repressor and changes its shape.

The oxidizing agent our bodies use to obtain energy from food is oxygen (from the air). if you breathe 15 times a minute (at rest), taking in and exhaling 0.5 l of air with each breath, what volume of air do you breathe each day? air is 21% oxygen by volume. what volume of oxygen do you breathe each day?

Amylase is an enzyme found in the human digestive system. why do you think it was important to keep the enzyme temperature above 37 degrees celsius (98.6 degrees f)? describe what might happen if the temperature decreased by 10 degrees celsius.

Which of the following scenarios is an example of the bottleneck effect? answers a in south africa, much of the afrikaner population is descended from a small number of dutch colonists. in this population, this is an unusually high frequency of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (pxe), an elastic tissue disorder. b four white-tailed deer are introduced to a park in finland. thirty years after their introduction scientists compare the genes in the population and find that there is no variation. c during the industrial revolution, london's air became filled with soot. as a result, birds started eating more of the lighter moths because they were easier to spot than their darker counterparts. over time, the moth population changed so that there were more darker moths than lighter ones. d 10% of the population of american alligators in an area have the recessive trait albinism. a massive flood results in the death of 80% of the population. of the remaining population, 60% have the recessive trait of albinism.