A single, quick contraction of skeletal muscle is called a:
a. simple twitch
b. tetanus.
c. pulse contraction.
d. red fiber contraction.
e. white fiber contraction
a
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A) 1:2:1 B) 3:1 C) 9:3:3:1 D) 1:1 E) 1:1:1:1
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In Drosophila, germ cells develop from pole nuclei isolated from the rest of the embryo at the posterior end. How are they "protected" from the effects of posterior concentrations of zygote-produced mRNAs and proteins?
A) Their genes have unresponsive promoters. B) The cytoplasm at the pole is separated by a compartmentalizing membrane. C) The pair-rule, gap, and segmentation genes are not expressed in these cells. D) Homeotic genes in these cells are inhibited by zygotic genes from the mother. E) Paternal effects operate on the embryo only in the pole cells.
An excess number of chromosomes in a gamete results from
A. mutation. B. nondisjunction. C. crossing-over. D. fertilization.