What is a membrane potential?

What will be an ideal response?


A membrane potential is the voltage difference across a cell membrane. It arises from differences in charge on opposite sides of the membrane.

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1.cDNA 2.recombinant DNA 3.Cloned DNA 4.A singlenucleotide polymorphism, or SNP

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Which type of light is not absorbed strongly by photosynthetic pigments?

a) Far-red b) Blue c) Red

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The CORRECT sequence of stages of mitosis is ________

A) prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase B) telophase, prophase, anaphase, metaphase C) anaphase, interphase, prophase, metaphase, telophase D) interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

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Conidiospores are the products of mitosis

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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