REPRODUCTIVE HABITS. The bull shark is viviparous, and the age to reach sexual maturity depends on the geographic region in which it is located but usually the age is ten years old for males and 10.9 years old for females. Some individuals can mature when reaching eight years of age. Mating occurs in late spring and the summer.
lac operon (lactose operon) is an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in Escherichia coli and many other enteric bacteria. Although glucose is the preferred carbon source for most bacteria, the lac operon allows for the effective digestion of lactose when glucose is not available.n this case, when lactose is required as a sugar source for the bacterium, the three genes of the lac operon can be expressed and their subsequent proteins translated: lacZ, lacY, and lacA.
The lac Operon-an inducible system. The first control system for enzyme production worked out at the molecular level described the control of enzymes that are produced in response to the presence of the sugar lactose in E. coli cell. The work was performed by Jacob and Monod for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize.n this system lactose acts as an effector molecule. Effector molecule-a molecule that interacts with the repressor and affects the affinity of the repressor for the operator With the above information, we can now predict the effect that various mutants will have on lac operon gene expression.