Answer:
1.B. Yes, water is able to pass across the membrane through the aquaporins
2.A. Neither NaCl nor water can move across the cell membranes.
Gene transfer via transduction could be beneficial if the donor has a new gene that could produce a useful protein. This protein could be an enzyme with various effect like
1 digesting food(fermentation),
2 digesting drug(drug resistance) or
3 toxin that could kill the nearby cells(to decrease food competition).
Bacteria is a unicellular organism which can multiply very fast by binary cell division.
To get a number of divisions required for cell division: you can use the formula: 2
= number of bacteria
To get 256 bacteria:
2
= 256 (you can solve this equation by a calculator)
so:
n = 8 generations
With this formula the first bacteria is taken into consideration since 1 bacteria gives two, then the two give four, then eight, 16...
Answer: Annelida
Leeches are soft bodied segmented parasitic worms. They belong to the phylum Annelida. They are hermaphrodites which means they exhibit sex organs of both male and female.
The characteristics which are found in leeches which group them into Annelida are:
1. The body of the leeches are bilaterally symmetrical like other Annelids. The body organs are also segmented.
2. They have a closed circulatory system in which the heart pumps the blood to all the parts of the body.
3. Leeches either exhibit a protusible pharynx or proboscis which allows them to suck the blood of the host such features are also common in other Annelids.
There is no mating or mixing of genetics in asexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction results in a clone of the parent; the offspring has identical DNA as the parent. There is usually no variation from generation to generation in a species population that relies on asexual reproduction.
One way for an asexually reproducing species to get some diversity is through mutations at the DNA level. If there is a mistake in mitosis or the copying of the DNA, then that mistake will be passed down to the offspring, thereby possibly changing its traits. Some mutations do not change the phenotype, however, so not all mutations in asexual reproduction result in variations in the offspring.
