Prokaryotic cells divide by a process known as

A. conjugation.
B. mitosis.
C. binary fusion.
D. binary fission.


D

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Creutzfeldt-Jalob disease is one of the diseases caused by infectious proteins called

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

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Sperm and egg cells contain half the number of chromosomes found in somatic cells, and are referred to as ________, which comes from the Greek word haploos, meaning "single."

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Each of the following is a voltage-gated Na+ channel property except

A) opens rapidly when stimulated. B) closes rapidly in absence of stimulus. C) opens to a variable extent depending on how much the stimulus voltage exceeds the threshold voltage. D) has a voltage sensor helix that controls channel gating. E) can be inactivated by the inactivating particle part of the channel protein.

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