Enzyme-filled vesicle in which fatty acids and amino acids are metabolized to hydrogen peroxide that is broken down to harmless products.

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Peroxisomes

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A vertebrate paleontologist is hunting through chalk deposits and finds a set of fused clavicles with some other bone fragments. What has she found?  

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker's muscular dystrophy represent allelic forms of the same Xlinked

gene. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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How can PCR be used to induce site-specific mutations in DNA?

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