Suppose you take a cell from an adult cow and attempt to use it to produce a clone of that cow. If for
some reason telomerase is not functioning in that cell or in any cell that comes from it, what will you
expect to happen with your clone?
a. The cell will never be able to divide at all.
b. When the clone grows up, it will most likely have cancer.
c. The cell may divide, but after a certain number of divisions, cell division will stop.
d. The lack of telomerase should have no effect on the clone.
e. When the clone grows up, it will most likely be sterile.
C
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What will be an ideal response?
Sustainable development will
A) require making difficult decisions regarding travel to other planets. B) require many people to contribute financially. C) speed up evolution. D) require global, multinational cooperation.
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A. founder effect B. coevolution C. natural selection D. intelligent design E. artificial selection