What are the unique characteristics of mammals?

What will be an ideal response?


Endothermic; skin glands (mammary glands); four-chambered heart; hair; pinna of ear; relatively large brain.

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Which of the following is acquired when amoebas are forced into human nasal passages during swimming?

A. Entamoeba histolytica B. Toxoplasma gondii C. Naegleria fowleri D. Balantidium coli E. Giardia lamblia

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Like many genetic disorders, galactosemia is a

disruption of a metabolic pathway due to a malfunctioning a. reactant. b. cofactor. c. mineral. d. energy source. e. product.

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Cereal grains come from which types of plants?

A) dicots B) monocots C) legumes D) tubers

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Which of the following statements about the protein quality control system in the ER is false?

(a) Chaperone proteins help misfolded proteins fold properly. (b) Proteins that are misfolded are degraded in the ER lumen. (c) Protein complexes are checked for proper assembly before they can exit the ER. (d) A chaperone protein will bind to a misfolded protein to retain it in the ER.

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