Kuru is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system believed to be caused by which type of agent?
A) virus
B) bacterium
C) prion
D) viroid
E) protozoan
C) prion
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
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Of the organisms mentioned in this study, which is an autotroph?
a. soybeans b. bacteria c. bean bugs d. both bacteria and bean bugs
Alpine pennycress plants remove zinc and cadmium
from the soil and store them away in their a. chloroplasts. b. amyloplasts. c. central vacuoles. d. Golgi bodies. e. vesicles.
Which gland is the remnant of the "third eye"?
a. pineal b. pituitary c. thyroid d. parathyroid e. thymus