You have a small tree in your yard that is the height that you want it, but does not have as many branches as you want. How can you prune it to trigger it to increase the number of branches?

A) Cut off the leaves at the ends of several branches.
B) Cut off the tips of the main shoots.
C) Cut off lower branches.
D) Cut off the leaves at the base of most of the branches.


B

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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a. nucleotide base pairing b. types of nucleotides c. differences in tandem repeats. d. ratios of purines to pyrimidines e. bonding patterns between nucleotides

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Which of the following enzymes is responsible for transcribing tRNA in eukaryotic cells?

A) RNA polymerase I B) RNA polymerase II C) RNA polymerase III D) primase E) RNase H

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