What effect does light have on retinal?

a. causes retinal to vibrate and warm up
b. induces retinal to emit a high-energy photon
c. transforms it from cis retinal to trans retinal
d. decomposes retinal into rhodopsin and an opsin


c. transforms it from cis retinal to trans retinal

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Skeletal muscle growth and development is inhibited by ____ produced in muscle cells

a. erythropoietin b. acetylcholine c. epidermal growth factor d. epinephrine e. myostatin

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Humans and houseflies are examples of what type of species?

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Which structure generates the ATP that is required for movement of the sperm's tail?

A) a mitochondrion in the neck and middle piece B) mitochondria in the sperm tail C) the sperm plasma membrane D) the acrosome

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