The physical characteristics an organism possesses that are used to describe, classify, and categorize the organism by appearance are referred to as its_________.

A) phenotype
B) genotype


A) phenotype

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Final protein refinements, storage, and packaging occur ________

A) in the cytoplasm B) in the rough endoplasmic reticulum C) in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum D) in the Golgi apparatus

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Most species of Gram-positive bacteria are ____.

A. photoautotrophic B. photoheterotrophic C. chemoautotrophic D. chemoheterotrophic E. photochemoautotrophic

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All the offspring of a cross between a red-flowered plant and a white-flowered plant have pink flowers. This means that the allele for red flowers is ________ to the allele for white flowers

A) dominant B) codominant C) incompletely dominant D) recessive

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Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Asexual reproduction requires the production of eggs and sperm. B. The sperm and egg have twice as many chromosomes as the parental cells. C. Geneticists use the terms "son" and "daughter" to distinguish between cells resulting from cell division. D. Meiosis results in gametes that are used in reproduction.

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