Running head: RELATIVE REDOX ACTIVITY OF LABORATORY MADE

CHLOROPLAST 1

Laboratory Experiment to Measure the Relative Redox Activity of Laboratory Made

Enriched Chloroplast.

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Laboratory Experiment to Measure the Relative Redox Activity of Laboratory Made

Enriched Chloroplast

Introduction

Human beings use sexual strategies in search of long-term and short-term mating. By

focusing on a study, this review will discuss the reasons individuals pursue sexual strategies

and the cost and benefits of pursuing sexual strategies.

Method

The experiment was conducted in two exercises. The first execise was conducted to

achieve chloroplast enrichment while the second one measured the chloroplast’s relative

redox activity. The first exercise was conducted as follows; Three spinach leaves were

obtained and all the large central stalks and veins were removed to ensure there was no

difficulty in grinding. After this was done, the spinach leaves were placed in a mortar. Using

a pipette, 10ml of cold chloroplast isolation buffer was measured and added to the spinach in

the mortar. The leaves and chloroplast isolation buffer mixture was then ground into a paste.

An additional 10ml of cold chloroplast isolation buffer was measured using a pipette and

added to the paste in the mortar. After the buffer was added in the mortar, the mixture was

ground continuously into a paste.

Men pursue short-term sex strategies to identify women who are sexually accessible,

reduce the risk, cost, and commitment, and identify fertile women. Women use them to assess

the possibility of potential mates being long-term mating partners and to evaluate the gene

quality of their men. Long-term sex strategies are pursued by men to identify women they can

commit to, have high female reproductive value, and have good maternal instincts and skills.

Women employ them to identify men who can physically protect them, are willing to commit

and invest in them, and can offer good parenting to their offspring.
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Costs and Benefits

Costs associated with using sex strategies include the risk of contracting sexually

transmitted diseases through sexual contact with multiple partners, the risk of acquiring

negative social reputations, opportunity costs, and wastage of energy, time, and resources

(Buss, & Schmitt, 2016). Benefits include identifying high-quality mates, securing high-

quality genes for offspring, and identifying good parents for one’s offspring.

Conclusion

Mating in the current era is complex. Individuals need to understand the sex strategies

theory to secure the best possible mates. A lack of knowledge of sex strategies may cause

individuals to end up with low-quality mates and offspring.

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References

Buss, D. M., & Schmitt, D. P. (2016). Sexual strategies theory. In Encyclopedia of

evolutionary psychological science (pp. 7509-7513). Cham: Springer International

Publishing. Retrieved March 23, 2022, from

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312133506_Sexual_Strategies_Theory