A giant specimen of the multinucleate slime mold Physarum polycephalum had a surface area greater than 5.5 m2 but was only 1.1 mm in thickness. This is most likely what type of slime mold?
What will be an ideal response?
plasmodial slime mold
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The "X" shaped chromosomal hereditary material can be packaged in this organelle in eukaryotic cells but not in prokaryotic cells. This organelle is the:
A. ribosomes. B. mitochondria. C. nucleoid. D. chloroplast. E. nucleus.
The text discusses an incident where a number of
whales beached themselves in 2001. What is true about this case? a. It happened near an area where the United States Navy was testing a sonar system. b. Very loud, low-frequency sounds were sent through the water. c. The whales hurriedly surfaced in fear. d. Rapid change in pressure damaged the whales’ acoustic systems. e. All of these are true.
A type of selection that favors altruism directed toward relatives is called
A. kin selection. B. sexual selection. C. mate selection. D. group selection.
The CRISPR-Cas9 system uses all except which of the following?
A) replacement DNA to be inserted at the cut site B) a guide RNA which locates the gene to be edited C) prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells to be edited D) an enzyme to cut both strands of DNA at the target site E) reverse transcriptase enzyme