A Summary of Alkaptonuria Alkaptonuria is an inborn error of metabolism that presents most notably with the occurrence of black urine when the urine is exposed to air. For this reason‚ it is also called the “Black Urine” disease. It is an autosomal recessive disorder and is therefore inherited genetically. Alkaptonuria is very rare‚ with a presentation of about 1:250‚000(ref1). The causality behind Alkaptonuria is a deficiency in homogentisic acid 1‚2 dioxygenase‚ an enzyme that is found in the
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What would it be like to live in a house with 6 brothers? Well this is what jaden has to deal with everyday. In english class i had to interview jaden and during the interview i learned lots about him. Different things like what his biggest fear is and how he likes having 6 brothers in one house. While interviewing Jaden Tebroski he shared with me some information about his family life‚ school activities‚ and his personality traits and hobbies. According to Jaden his family life is a little crazy
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Drosophila melanogaster are a species more commonly known to us as fruit flies. They are extremely important in biological research due to the fact that they make excellent model organisms for understanding genetics. Reasons behind their frequent use include; easily cultured in the lab‚ short generation time‚ and they can produce many offspring. In this lab report‚ we began with three different strains of Drosophila. Introduction The common form of Drosophila is known as the “wild type”‚ any fly
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Examination Timetables for 2013 Printed copies of your examination timetable‚ as displayed in myUnisa‚ will be accepted at Examination Venues together with identification documents. To print a copy: 1. Go to your "My Admin" site 2. Click on the link for "Examination Timetable" 3. Ensure that your mouse cursor has identified the correct part of the page (frame) 4. Click on the print function/icon of your Internet browser It is very important that you pay special attention to the dates and times
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Misfer Alqahtani Matthew Bridgewater WRIT 111 9/16/15 Career Love Andrew was working in a local law firm in Manhattan that was started and owned by his father. He had followed in his father’s footsteps and rose through the ranks to become one of the most prominent defense lawyers in Manhattan (Fields 12). It only took him four years to be a senior partner in the firm. His client-network had spread throughout the country that he travelled a lot to defend suspects. Andrew’s career was experiencing
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Awakening from General Zaroff’s comfortable bed‚ Rainsford felt he just had the most bizarre dream in his life. What happened slowly came back to his mind. He won in Zaroff’s hunt and then he fell asleep in Zaroff’s bed. Zaroff was the hunter who lived in the enormous building on Ship-Trap Island. Rainsford wasn’t mad like the day before‚ and he got dressed and walked down the to the diner looking for breakfast. Zaroff wasn’t there‚ but there was a new person‚ Evan. Evan looked exactly like Ivan
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General Essay Outline—5 paragraph (training wheels) Topic: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Thesis: Junior’s decision of transferring schools from his tribe to Reardan‚ is a poor decision because he never feels that he belongs‚ people always find a way to pick on him and he disgraces his tribe when he departs. Body Paragraph 1 Topic: To start off‚ Junior’s choice of transferring schools is a detriment because he never feels like he is welcome. This is due to the fact that he goes
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Question: If I cross a female apterous fly with a male wild fly‚ what would the offspring look like? Hypothesis: If I cross a female apterous fly with a male wild fly‚ then the offspring will be a 50% chance of a apterous fly or 50% chance of a wild fly. If I cross a female apterous fly with a male wild fly‚ then the offspring will be a 100% wild fly. Supporting Evidence for Hypothesis: Apterous flies have no wings‚ and are a recessive gene‚ while wild flies have wings and are a dominant gene
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In life it is important to be prepared. In the story “The Ant And The Grasshopper” by Rob John‚ being prepared is always better than being unprepared. The grasshopper is not ready for winter‚ but the ant is ready. The grasshopper is unprepared in many ways. First instead of gathering food‚ the grasshopper made buzzing noises with his wings. This is important because the grasshopper is wasting his time‚ when he could be preparing. Second‚ the grasshopper spent all morning
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The Motives Behind Chris McCandless Chris McCandless was a young‚ smart‚ and courageous man who seemed to have everything he could have ever asked for. Even though everything seemed to be going in the right direction for McCandless‚ there was always something inside him that was never really quite right. Some people would argue and say that the reason he walked into the wild was because he was just some reckless‚ young kid looking for attention‚ but I believe a very different story. I believe the
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