A student is staring directly at a bird outside the classroom window. The image of the bird is focused at the very center of the macula, a small pit called the ________, which is lined with highly packed photoreceptors

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


fovea centralis

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When a cell makes a cell membrane bound growth factor that binds to receptors on neighboring cells causing them to proliferate, this is an example of _____.

A. contact-dependent signaling B. autocrine signaling C. direct intercellular signaling D. paracrine signaling E. endocrine signaling

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Which is an example of nonrandom mating?

a. Selecting a mate by their genotype b. Selecting a mate by their phenotype c. Selecting a mate by their species richness d. Selecting a mate by their family relationship e. Selecting a mate by their success of defeating another

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Which of the following statements best describes theories?

a. they are nearly the same things a hypotheses b. they are supported by, and make sense of, many observations c. they cannot be tested because the described events occurred only once d. they are predictions of future events

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Most of the 19 differentially up-regulated C. chlorochromatii genes in a symbiotic relationship are involved in

a. amino acid metabolism and nitrogen regulation. b. cell-to-cell communication. c. adhesion and motility. d. central metabolism.

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