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guys i don't understand this satatement. can anyone explain this?

in a warmer environment, the organism will want to increase its % of unsaturated fatty acids, so that fatty acids will be more fluid and the melting point will decrease.

also, arethe production of t-RNA and r-RNA in the nucleus?
 
In a lipid bilayer, if you increase the # of unsaturations (ie: double bonds), then you increase the fluidity, thus decreasing the melting point. This is not good for organisms that produce a major source of body heat. Having saturated fatty acids decreases fluidity, thus increasing melting point.

r-RNA & t-RNA are produced in the nucleolus.

Hope that helps.
 
guys i don't understand this satatement. can anyone explain this?

in a warmer environment, the organism will want to increase its % of unsaturated fatty acids, so that fatty acids will be more fluid and the melting point will decrease.

also, arethe production of t-RNA and r-RNA in the nucleus?

my take on the first part is that the animals system will want more fluidity so that it will not have to use as much water.

r-RNA is produced on the chromosome and stored in the nucleus and eventuall becomes part of the ribosome.

t-RNA not to sure on this one but definitely not in the nucleus
 
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