The kidneys are important homeostatic organs, contributing to maintenance of all of the following except
A. blood pressure.
B. blood volume.
C. blood pH.
D. destruction of worn-out red blood cells.
E. ion concentration of extracellular fluids.
Answer: D
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____. a. 0% b. 25% c. 50% d. 75% e. 100%
An element is
a. a pure substance that can be broken down to another substance. d. an atom with an unstable nucleus. b. a pure substance that cannot be broken down to another substance. e. an atom with positive electrons. c. the smallest unit that has properties of a given element.
What are Hox and MADS genes, and what do they have in common?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following inheritance patterns is matched with an inaccurate molecular basis?
A. Sex-influenced: Hormones alter the expression of proteins encoded by dominant and recessive alleles. B. Incomplete dominance: The protein produced by a wild-type allele affects the phenotype in a concentration-dependent manner. C. Simple Mendelian inheritance: The protein produced by a single allele cannot produce the dominant phenotype. D. X-linked: Hemizygotes with the recessive allele do not make a functional protein, but heterozygotes do. E. Codominance: Two proteins are produced in heterozygotes.