What is the most likely cause of the excessive growth exhibited by the person in the center of the accompanying
figure?
a. pituitary tumor
b. lack of GH receptor response
c. low levels of rhGH
d. cretinism
e. Laron syndrome
ANSWER: a
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A. oxidized; reduced B. reduced; oxidized C. deoxygenated; phosphorylated D. phosphorylated; deoxygenated E. oxidized; oxidized
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Which type of bond holds the two strands of DNA together?
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