Epidermolysis bullosa is an inherited disorder caused by mutations in the structural proteins of the ________

a. skin
b. muscles
c. heart
d. brain


a

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Two parents each have blood type AB, and their first child is blood type AB. What is the probability that their second child will have blood type AB? ( Express the probability as a percent. Enter the number only without the percent sign. For example, enter 100% as 100 and enter 12.5% as 12.5 )  

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The Glomeromycota are called AM fungi because

A. they shed their spores only in the morning. B. they produce fruiting bodies at night that only last through the following morning. C. they produce arbuscular mycorrhizae in the cells of plant roots. D. they decompose animal manure. E. they grow only on the chaff of ant middens.

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The protection provided through transfer of antibodies from mother to fetus is an example of

A. active immunity. B. passive immunity. C. cell-mediated immunity. D. clonal selection. E. autoimmunity.

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A protein that ultimately functions in the plasma membrane of a cell is most likely to have been synthesized _______.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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