Several years ago, scientists compared the genome of a wooly mammoth to that of an African elephant and found them to be 98.5% identical. This is an example of what type of "-omics"?
A) space-age genomics
B) stone-age genomics
C) extinctomics
D) exomics
E) proteomics
Answer: B
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a. selfish herd b. eusocial animals c. dominance hierarchy group d. social animals e. monogamous animals
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Signals from motor neurons result in action
potentials in muscle fibers, which in turn causes the __________ to release stored calcium ions. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).