Which of the following mechanisms of genetic transfer utilizes a physical connection between two bacteria?

A. Transformation
B. Transduction
C. Conjugation
D. All of the answers are correct


C

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a. receptor tyrosine kinases b. enzyme-linked receptors c. G protein coupled receptors d. steroid hormone receptors e. chemically-gated ion channels

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Cardiac muscle's sole function is to

a. help move blood to supply itself with oxygen and nutrients. b. pump blood. c. control blood pressure. d. control heart rate. e. oxygenate the blood.

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The process in which photosynthetic bacteria were engulfed by a large cell and formed chloroplasts is called ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following inheritance patterns is matched with an inaccurate molecular basis?

A. Incomplete dominance: The protein produced by a wild-type allele affects the phenotype in a concentration-dependent manner. B. Codominance: Two proteins are produced in heterozygotes. C. Sex-influenced: Hormones alter the expression of proteins encoded by dominant and recessive alleles. D. X-linked: Hemizygotes with the recessive allele do not make a functional protein, but heterozygotes do. E. Simple Mendelian inheritance: The protein produced by a single allele cannot produce the dominant phenotype.

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