Evaluate the Notion That Hydrophilic Amino Acids Line the Pore

question 24

Essay

Evaluate the notion that hydrophilic amino acids line the pore region of Cys-Loop receptors.

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Definitions:

Nonevolving Population

A theoretical population in which allele frequencies do not change over time, effectively not undergoing evolution.

Speciation

Origin of new species due to the evolutionary process of descent with modification.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that involves random changes in the frequency of alleles within a population over time.

Allele

Alternative form of a gene; alleles occur at the same locus on homologous chromosomes.