The chemical communication between microbes forming biofilms is known as:


Answer: Quorum sensing

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a. mRNAs b. proteins c. tRNAs d. amino acids e. snRNPs

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Two or more alleles of a gene present at relatively high frequencies in a population’s gene pool is known as ____

a. disruptive selection b. sexual dimorphism c. directional selection d. stabilizing selection e. balanced polymorphism

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The fundamental unit of most covalent compounds is the ______

A) electron B) ion C) molecule D) atom

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What is a xenograft?

a) a transplant that does not have a good histocompatibility antigen match b) transplanting cells in the presence of xenon c) a skin graft from one organism to another within the same species d) mixing cells from two different species in a culture dish e) transplant of cells from one organism to an organism of a different species

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