Lab Manual for Biology
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259298516
Author: Sylvia S. Mader Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3.2, Problem 3CYP
Explain why humans cannot utilize the glucose in cellulose as a nutrient source.
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Lab Manual for Biology
Ch. 3.1 - Describe the properties of a carbon atom that make...Ch. 3.1 - Explain why the substitution of a carboxyl group...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 3.2 - Summarize the general characteristics of...Ch. 3.2 - Describe how monosaccharides are combined to form...Ch. 3.2 - Explain why humans cannot utilize the glucose in...Ch. 3.3 - List the functions of triglycerides,...Ch. 3.3 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 3.3 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 3.4 - Prob. 1CYP
Ch. 3.4 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 3.4 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 3.4 - Describe the consequences of incorrect protein...Ch. 3.5 - Examine how a nucleic acid stores information.Ch. 3.5 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 3.5 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 3 - Prob. 1NS.1QCCh. 3 - Prob. 1NS.2QCCh. 3 - Prob. 1NS.3QCCh. 3 - Prob. 1ACh. 3 - Prob. 2ACh. 3 - Prob. 3ACh. 3 - Prob. 4ACh. 3 - Prob. 5ACh. 3 - Prob. 6ACh. 3 - Prob. 7ACh. 3 - Prob. 8ACh. 3 - Prob. 9ACh. 3 - Prob. 10ACh. 3 - Prob. 11ACh. 3 - Prob. 12ACh. 3 - Prob. 13ACh. 3 - Prob. 14ACh. 3 - Prob. 15ACh. 3 - Prob. 1TSCh. 3 - Prob. 2TSCh. 3 - Prob. 3TSCh. 3 - Prob. 4TS
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