Puromycin is an antibiotic. Its effect is to force the ribosome to detach from the mRNA chain before reaching the stop codon. Explain why this would have a harmful effect on a bacterium.

Amale bird-of-paradise uses a dance to attract mates in which it flaps its tail feathers on the ground and jumps around a potential female mate. a different male bird-of-paradise does a similar dance but it jumps around the female in the opposite direction. the female bird is only attracted to one style of dance, in one direction.

Astore manager timed janette to see how long it would take her to fold and put away a sweater, a shirt, a pair of pants, and a scarf. it took her 26.1 seconds for the shirt, 24.3 seconds for the sweater, 32.8 seconds for the pants, and 18.2 seconds for the scarf. what was the average time it took janette to fold and put away all four items? during a catered lunch, an average of 4 cups of tea are poured per minute. the lunch will last 2 hours. how many gallons of tea should the caterer bring if there are 16 cups in one gallon?

The serengeti plains are part of the african savanna ecosystem and are home to a variety of different species of plants and animals. the serengeti plains experience a seven-month period of seasonal drought each year, during which the ecosystem receives only four inches of rain and the availability of some resources becomes very scarce. which type of limiting factors does the seasonal drought in the serengeti plains affect?