If Mary were lost in the Sahara desert in the summer, why should she not drink alcohol?

What will be an ideal response?


Alcohol inhibits release of antidiuretic hormone, so Mary would increase her rate of urination. Because she is probably already dehydrated, the alcohol would just make the situation worse.

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The ribonucleoprotein, RNase P, catalyzes the:

A. exonucleolytic removal of the 3' end of tRNA molecules. B. endonucleolytic removal of the 5' end of tRNA molecules. C. ATP-independent removal of tRNA introns. D. degradation of the poly(A) tail.

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In the familial form of retinoblastoma, individuals who inherit one mutant allele of the RB1 gene have an 85% chance of developing retinoblastoma and other cancers. Explain why, when these individuals carry only one copy of the mutant gene, there is such a high incidence of cancer in these RB1 heterozygotes

What will be an ideal response?

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In experiments to show that DNA is the genetic material, Hershey and Chase labeled DNA with radioactive

A) amino acids. B) sulfur. C) phosphorus. D) carbon.

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In garden peas, one pair of alleles controls the height

of the plant, and a second pair of alleles controls flower color. The allele for tall (D) is dominant to the allele for dwarf (d), and the allele for purple (P) is dominant to the allele for white (p). A tall purple crossed with a tall purple produces 3/4 tall purple and 1/4 tall white. What is the genotype of the parents? What will be an ideal response?

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