Choose the best definition of genomics.

a. the study of the genomes of organisms.
b. a sequence of mutant genes.
c. a mechanism used in dna fingerprinting.
d. the study of cellular protein structures.

You have just sequenced a new protein found in mice and observe that sulfur-containing cysteine residues occur at regular intervals. what is the significance of this finding? it will be important to include cysteine in the diet of the mice. cysteine residues are required for the formation of α helices and β pleated sheets. cysteine residues are involved in disulfide bridges that form tertiary structure. cysteine causes bends, or angles, to occur in the tertiary structure of proteins.

Which of the following is a reason why early living organisms on earth could not have survived on the surface? 1. the lack of an ozone layer 2. the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere 3. the fact that these organisms were single-celled

This rapid change in species that rarely leaves behind fossil evidence is referred to as