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No not really. You choose your specialisation at later years in B MedSc anyway. It's just that you have more options of where you want to go - e.g immunology or microbiology? pathology or biochemistry etc.. I knew when I get into B MedSc I would get into a research career so I'm really happy...

hmm, I'm not really a biochemist. But the use of mitochondrial DNA is useful to study maternal heredity, as all our mitochondria (and hence the genetic materials) came from our mother. Ribosomal genes are derived from both of our parents. - Ribosomes are found in all forms of life, from...

Hi Spon888, it is difficult to answer your first question because the university doesn't release such information under normal circumstances. All I have read is that the highest mark in recent years for B Optom is about 92. Normally an 85+ average is probably one of the highest average in the...

Well, it would be good to actually know how it works. It is not just one of the step in the analysis of DNA. The point is to visualise whether DNA is present and the basis is dependent on the -ve charge of nucleic acid migrating towards the + ve terminal.

I agree, B Ad Science majoring is Psychology is almost the same as doing a B Psyc. If you are already in Adv Sci, just stay there and major in Psyc. When you transfer they wipe out your academic records and set your WAM back to 0.

For 1, you can suggest that molecular techniques have allowed us to look at nucleic acid sequences, and therefore, deducing evolutionary relationships. For 2, you can talk about either extermal fertilisation (many amphibians) or internal fertilisation (most mammals).

Please be more specific with your questions so we can help you. What is the essay question? What are you asked to do?

Most people spend the WHOLE 3 hour worrying about the drawings. They are worth like 2-3%. At the end of the day, the prac test is worth more. So I would strongly recommend that everyone should fill in all the blanks because they will be tested!! (btw, there will be about 2-3 questions from each...

Even if your teacher stop trying, you never stop trying. Keep going and tough it out for the last few weeks of your school life. It would actually help you out a lot of you decide to come to uni. At uni you basically learn everything yourself. Most of the time, lecturers talk to themsevles...

You don't have to know EVERY single thing but expect questions to be based on the CD. hmm, I would give Nick Roberts a 5/10 for his lecturing skills. And I would give M. Beal a 1/10.

Prepare to bring a pillow with you to the Bio lecture. :) Seriously the worst lecturer I've had at UNSW.

No I haven't heard of MHC Class III. Is it a recent discovery?

Yeah, Mike Archer are likely to take some BEES courses. Do you guys have Michael Beal this year for BIOS1101?

Archer is great (He's the Dean for Science, of course he's great), and so is Hyde, and Lutze-mann for first year biology.

Actually, sugar is a collective term for carbohydrates. So starch, really, is a sugar. Sugars can be large or small. They don't have to be smaller than starch, which is a type of sugar.

Yes, but genes are also DNA. A chromosome is just a massive collection of genes (plus some proteins). A gene IS just DNA, so you don't have to say it containing DNA. :)

Yep, BIOS1101 Lab is sooo boring, until you get to week 7 when you get to dissect a toad and a rat.

Reabsorb via diffusion and active transport.

The final exam includes lecture materials and tutes. I'm not sure whether they still have the prac exam. That tests stuff on the prac only.

Good luck for the trials, everyone!