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The research also found a(n) ___ in the 4-ethylphenyl sulfate  in the mice displaying autistic-like behavior.

This systems biology technique is advantageous because it…

Which of the following is/are factor(s) that affect(s) the oral microbiota?  Choose all that apply.

Choose one of the following figures from the exam (Exam Figure 1, Wu (2019) Figure 6, Barnard (2016) Figure 2 or Exam Figure 4).  For the figure you chose answer the following prompts: Identify which figure you chose. Hanage’s question: Is the experiment detecting differences that matter?  Explain. Hange’s question: Does the experiment show causation or just correlation?  Explain. Hanage’s question: Can anything else explain these results? Explain.

 In Figure 2 from Barnard (2016) Each column represents a(n) [e] and each row represents a(n) [f].

Answer the following questions regarding functional redundancy and Figure 1 (presented earlier). Define functional redundancy. Does the figure show evidence of function redundancy? (yes or no) Use evidence from Figure 1 and your knowledge of the vaginal microbiome to support your conclusion in 18.b.  Be sure to site or describe specific sections of the Figure for full credit.

Dental caries occur when the host’s immune response begins to destroy the gums and soft tissues surrounding the infected tooth.

Describe the role of pH in bacterial vaginosis.  To completely answer this question you should address: How the pH changes during bacterial vaginosis (does it increase, decrease or stay the same)? What is the likely cause of this change in pH? How does the change in pH contribute to the progression of bacterial vaginosis?

Answer questions 10 – 19 using the figure below. Figure 1: An individual’s vaginal microbiome was sampled daily for 70 days.  A. The relative species abundance was determined using 16S sequencing for every day of sampling.  B. The relative transcript abundance was analyzed for four individual time samples labeled T1-T4 using RNAseq.

Power riser diagrams are used to show the _____.