Nodes of Ranvier are intervals between Schwann cells that the conduction of nerve impulses.

A. slow down
B. have no effect on
C. initiate
D. speed up
E. completely block


D. speed up

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Fire and Mello studied the effect of RNAs made from plasmids on gene expression in the nematode C. elegans. The results from the two experimental treatments and the control are shown below. What can be concluded from these results?

A. The labeled probe detects RNAs other than mex-3. B. Double-stranded RNA degrades more mex-3 mRNA than antisense RNA. C. The injection procedure results in degradation of all mex-3 mRNA. D. Antisense RNA degrades more mex-3 mRNA than double-stranded RNA.

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