In the first step of glycolysis, glucose can be phosphorylated because
A) a phosphoanhydride bond has higher energy of hydrolysis than a phosphoester bond.
B) the transfer of a phosphate from ATP to glucose is exergonic.
C) both the number 2 and 3 carbons can be spontaneously phosphorylated.
D) the ketosugar is rapidly phosphorylated at the carbon 1 hydroxyl group.
E) both choices A and B
E) both choices A and B
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What observation by Thomas Hunt Morgan led to the understanding that genes were on chromosomes?
A. The white-eyed trait was recessive and disappeared in the F1 generation. B. In a cross of a red-eyed female and a white-eyed male, only females in the F2 generation were white-eyed. C. The inheritance of the white-eyed trait in fruit flies followed the same pattern of inheritance as that of the X chromosome. D. The inheritance of the white-eyed trait in fruit flies followed the same pattern of inheritance as that of the Y chromosome. E. Inheritance of the white-eyed trait was the same for female and male flies.
Cri-du-Chat syndrome is caused by a
A) reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 2 and 20. B) paracentric inversion of chromosome 21. C) deletion of part of chromosome 5. D) non-reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 14 and 21.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The tangled mass or tissue-like aggregation in a mold is called a ________.
A. mycelium B. hypha C. thallus D. hyphae