TUTO :14/ SHF1415

In The Name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
CENTRE FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
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BIOLOGY 1
SHF1415
TUTORIAL 14: BIOTECHNOLOGY
SEMESTER 2, 2010/2011

NAME :………………………………………. GROUP:………………………

MATRIC NO.:………………………………
Answer all questions in the space provided on this question paper.

SECTION A
[5 marks]

1 Table 1 shows estimated effects of recombinant bovine somatotrophin

(rBST) on metabolism.

Placebo rBST
Daily milk yield (kg/d) 28.5 32.1
Metabolizable energy intake (MJ/d) 155.0 175.7
Maintenance energy use (MJ/d) 77.8 78.2
Milk energy (MJ/d) 78.3 96.1
Total heat production (MJ/d) 93.1 99.0
Energy balance (MJ/d) -16.7 -19.4
From: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/58/2/282S.pdf

Table 1

(a) Based on Table 1, calculate the percentage of milk yield

increase in a day by using rbST.

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(b) Relate the effect of rbST to the energy intake on the increase
of milk yield.

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DEPARTMENT 1
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 TUTO :14/ SHF1415

(c) Briefly describe how rbST is synthesized.

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Section B
[5 marks]
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Answer all questions.

1 Few pieces of human hair are found in a crime scene investigation.

Explain how the amount of DNA from the hair is increased. [5]

DEPARTMENT 2
OF BIOLOGY, CFSIIUM