Desperate students during exams...

Here are some pictures of exams by desperate student. Cut-and pasted from e-mail exchanges. Funny... :-)

Question: (4) How would you verify that the mutants identified in your screen are true loss of function jaw-D mutations? (2 marks)

Answer: Use the radioactive doze! (See mutant ninja drawing hehe)

Problem: The water of the earth's ocean stores lots of heat. An engineer designed an ocean liner that would extract heat from the ocean's water at Th = 10degrees C (283K) and reject heat to the atmosphere at T1 = 20degrees C (293 K). He thought he had a good idea, but his boss fired him. Explain.

Answer: Because he slept with his boss' wife!

Question 31. (8pts) Suppose you set out to determine if Xo cats are phenotypically female, but you have no cytological equipment (i.e. you can't direclty look at the chromosomes). What kitten colors (with respect to orange, calico, and black) would you look for in one specific color cross?

Answer: I would check to see if it had a vagina.