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Fredrick Griffith mixed R-type Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria with an extract of heat-killed S-type, and injected the mixture into a mouse.  The mouse died.  Why?

During sarcomere contraction myosin heads repeatedly cross-bridge with ___________.

The light bands in striated muscle fibers have ________________________________________.

How many states have adopted the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) in part?

What muscle tissue forms the muscular system?

Calcium binds to _____________________.

This is a slide of ______________________________________

 What chemical is needed to detach (disconnect) myosin heads from actin? Its absence after death contributes to rigor mortis.

Read this chromatogram and report the 10 bases of the DNA sequence from left to right.    Code to colors: Red = T; Blue = C; Green = A; Black = G

Here is the scenario – you are a police detective working a mystery.  At the crime scene, you find a few spatters of blood.  What technique could you use to generate enough DNA from the spatters to have enough to analyze?  How does that technique work (brief description)?