ANTH 1001 : Anthropology Exam 1
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A group of researchers say that they have found molecules in the cockroach"s brain that may be able to be used as antibiotics. Also, marijuana substances have molecules that have been found to be able to be used as antibiotics. Homoplasmic (nuclear dna is found throughout the body and mitochondrial dna is not: mitochondrial dna. Mitochondria- produces energy that drives cellular function. Heteroplasmic- does not have to be identical between individual mitochondria inherited from the ovum (mother) Heredity: gene- a sequence of dna that is responsible for some function (the size of genes vary, structural genes- code for proteins that affect different processes in the body, regulatory genes- regulate the functions of other genes. Humans have genes that code for complete body hair coverage (just a fun fact) Ex of regulatory genes: homeotic (hox) genes- the way the body is developed is controlled by hox genes. **be able to compare and contrast these 2**
