Mitosis/Meiosis question?

Matching: For each process, consider the DNA and ploidy of the cell(s) immediately before the process and immediately after the process ends. Choices may be used more than one or not at all. a. 1/2 DNA; Same Ploidy b. 2x DNA; Same Ploidy c. 1/2 DNA; Reduced Ploidy d. 2x DNA, Increased Ploidy e. Same … Read more

How do hormones help regulate both long-term and short-term human appetite over a 24-hour period?

1) Insulin, released by the pancreas, suppresses short-term appetite, and ghrelin, secreted by the stomach, suppresses long-term appetite. 2) Leptin, secreted by the adipose tissue, suppresses appetite right after a meal, and insulin, released by the pancreas, suppresses appetite during periods of no calorie intake. 3) PYY, secreted by the small intestine, suppresses appetite after … Read more

Why do we get old and die?

On a cellular level, why do we age? It seems like evolution would have made us live until injury, sickness, starvation, or predation. But this is not the case. Could it be something like a “kill switch” in your DNA? If this could be, can scientists turn it off? Or is it that the DNA … Read more