Hemoglobin Quick Investigations
| Sort | Query | Reference(s) [See NOTE below]. Not done. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | How do icefish survive without hemoglobin? | Wikipedia or UAB site |
| 21 | Who are the 'Blue people of Kentucky' and why are they blue? | Powerpoint or Wikipedia |
| 2 | How is mole blood adapted for survival underground? | Technical or more basic and another |
| 3 | Why is red meat 'red' and white meat not-red? | |
| 11 | How are Tibetans adapted to living at the 'roof of the world', where the air is thinner (= less O2) | National Geo |
| 4 | Why is the blood of snails, spiders, octopi blue? | Brief, general or |
| 12 | What can you learn about the hemoglobin of birds that fly at high altitudes? | Davidson website |
| 51 | Why don't infants suffer from sickle-cell anemia? (***advanced***) | Short form: infants use gamma, which is turned off and replaced by beta, which houses the sickle mutation |
| 52 | The sickle cell anemia allele is very common for a harmful mutation. Why? (***advanced***) | |
| 53 | Sickle cell anemia is treated by administering 'hydroxyurea'. What's going on? (***advanced***) | NEJM |
| 54 | The mutation has arisen independently multiple times | Nature article |
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