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Chapter 16, Problem 11E
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To explain: The reason why additional amylase genes have played a role in the domestication of wolves when humans began farming about 10,000 years ago.
Concept introduction: Amylase is an enzyme that helps in the digestion of carbohydrate. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of starch into sugar. It is found in the saliva and pancreas of humans and some other animals. When the pancreas is diseased, the enzyme amylase is released from the pancreas into the blood.
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Ch. 16 - Prob. 1ECh. 16 - Prob. 2ECh. 16 - 3. Phosphoglucokinase catalyzes the...Ch. 16 - Prob. 4ECh. 16 - 5. Individuals with McArdle’s disease often...Ch. 16 - Prob. 6ECh. 16 - Prob. 7ECh. 16 - 8. Subjects who consumed a meal containing a high...Ch. 16 - 9. Many diabetics do not respond to insulin...Ch. 16 - 10. Why does it make metabolic sense for the same...
Ch. 16 - Prob. 11ECh. 16 - 12. Some archaebacteria produce an enzyme with two...Ch. 16 - Prob. 13ECh. 16 - 14. Write the balanced equation for the catabolism...Ch. 16 - 15. Indicate the energy yield or cost, in ATP...Ch. 16 - 16. In the Cori cycle, the lactate product of...Ch. 16 - 17. Predict the effect of a...Ch. 16 - 18. Explain why an individual with a...Ch. 16 - Prob. 19ECh. 16 - Prob. 20ECh. 16 - 21. The cells that line the mammalian intestine...Ch. 16 - Prob. 22ECh. 16 - 23. One molecule of dietary glucose can be...Ch. 16 - 24. The free energy of hydrolysis of an ?(1?4)...Ch. 16 - 25. (a) What amino acid, other than alanine, can...Ch. 16 - Prob. 26CQCh. 16 - Prob. 27CQCh. 16 - 24. The free energy of hydrolysis of an ?(1 ?4)...Ch. 16 - 9. Would you expect the allosteric regulator AMP...Ch. 16 - 30. Explain why it makes metabolic sense for...Ch. 16 - 31. Fill in the blanks in the following diagram...Ch. 16 - Prob. 32CQCh. 16 - Prob. 33CQCh. 16 - Prob. 34CQCh. 16 - Prob. 1MTE
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