BIOB34H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Genome Size, Synapsis, Forage Fish
4 Dec 2018
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Interesting fact abt essential nutrients: what might be essential for an animal, may not be essential for another organism it all depends on biosynthesis capacity of an animal. ^if they have the required synthetic enzymes to synthesize nutrients demanded. ^ idea discussed in a couple of ways: amino acids: general structure: central c which is attached to an amino grp, a carboxyl grp, a hydrogen and a side chain which distinguishes one type of aa from another. Aa fits under the definition of nutrient: we don"t usually use it as an. E source (unless we"re really desperate or consuming high quantities of them) We usually use it as a building block for biological molecules (usually proteins) that we need abt 20 different aa to build prots. +/- to show if they can synthesize an aa/not: Many essential aas r shared btn all vertebrates: 9 core essential.
