How Might a Sponsor Attempt to Illegitimately Influence a Researcher

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Essay

How might a sponsor attempt to illegitimately influence a researcher? What can the researcher do about it and why might a researcher hesitate about being ethical?

Understand the use of PCR in genetic studies and its limitations.

Describe the structure and function of telomeres and telomerase in eukaryotic cells.

Understand Chargaff's rules and their significance in DNA structure.

Understand the basics of conservative, semiconservative, and dispersive models of DNA replication and the experimental designs used to differentiate among them.

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