The replication of experiments or observations allows researchers to control for two important factors when considering experimental design. These two factors are ________ and ________

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reducing the amount of distortion in the estimate caused by unusual individuals or circumstances; understanding how precise their estimate is by measuring the amount of variation in the data.

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The origin of replication in bacteria is called OriC

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following molecules can be used

as a cloning vector?

a. plasmids b. restriction enzymes c. recombinant DNA d. DNA fragments e. SNPs

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Duplicated centrioles move to opposite poles of a dividing __________ cell during __________ of the

cell cycle. a. plant; metaphase b. plant; anaphase c. prokaryotic; metaphase d. animal; interphase e. animal; prophase

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Geological evidence reveals that the barrier islands, where the populations of oldfield mice shown in the fig-ure above occur, formed only 6,000 years ago

Presumably, divergence in coat color has occurred since that time (Hoekstra et al. 2006). This is a very short time on the scale of evolutionary time. Explain how these dramatic variations in coat color between popula-tions could have occurred over such a relatively short time span. What will be an ideal response?

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