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    Features Shared by Living Organisms

    1. Why do DNA bases pair the way they do? 2. What is one defining feature of a living organism that is also found in a virus? 3. What is one feature shared by all living organisms but not by viruses?
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    Biology Q: Explaining C/G Nucleotide Proportions in Genes & Non-Coding Regions

    Q. A recent study of the mouse-ear plant Arabidopsis thaliana found that 44.9% of the DNA nucleotides within genes are either C or G (cytosine or guanine), but those same two bases represent only 37.6% of the nucleotides in the regions between genes. Clearly explain why chromosomal regions that...
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    Should I Pursue a Degree in Physics?

    Thanks all. Your replies have really put a profound effect on me. I will going to the math department today and see if I can get into the PreCal course. If worse comes to worse, I'll do some summer school, which if fine by mean. Again, thanks for the help.
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    Should I Pursue a Degree in Physics?

    I thoroughly enjoy Physics. Everything about the subject entertains me to no possible end. However, I'm having some troubled thoughts about my future. I'm a freshman in college. I want a B.S. in Physics, but a lot of obstacles are in my way. First, I'm not even in the right math class to begin...
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