The condition in which a toxin is spread throughout the bloodstream from the site of an infection is specifically called______
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
toxemia
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What evidence do we have for the development of photosynthetic cells that used water as an electron
source at least 3 billion years ago?
a. fossils of the first eukaryotic cells b. the discovery of the first plant fossils c. the discovery of stromatolites d. fossils of the first animals e. fossils of the earliest chloroplasts
The rate at which mitosis occurs varies dramatically for different types of cells. The most rapid cell division occurs:
a) in the blood and the heart. b) on the skin. c) in the gametes. d) in the blood and the cells lining the various tissues of organs. e) in the liver and the brain.
An inherited disease results from abnormal mitochondria passed from mother to child. Using your knowledge of mitochondria's function within human cells, which of the following is the most likely description of the symptoms of this disease?
a) color blindness b) inability to absorb iron, resulting in extreme anemia c) extreme sensitivity to mutagens such as x-rays and sunlight, increasing the chance of cancer d) fragile bones and arthritis e) extreme muscle weakness
To study how proteins fold, scientists must be able to purify the protein of interest, use solvents to denature the folded protein, and observe the process of refolding at successive time points
What is the effect of the solvents used in the denaturation process? (a) The solvents break all covalent interactions. (b) The solvents break all noncovalent interactions. (c) The solvents break some of the noncovalent interactions, resulting in a misfolded protein. (d) The solvents create a new protein conformation.