ASSIG 3

Problem Set 3: Hemoglobin

Assignment:

1) Use Microsoft Excel* to produce a model of the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve for the

following:

a) Adult hemoglobin

b) Fetal hemoglobin

c) Model the Bohr shift for adult hemoglobin

*To construct this model, you can produce three separate graphs on Excel, using the

mathematics that you have learned in your readings.

2) Write an essay that explains the mathematics and the strategy that you have used to model the

oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve in adult and fetus, and how you modeled the Bohr shift.