What makes fungi important decomposers?
What will be an ideal response?
Fungal digestive enzymes can break down many sturdy structural proteins that animal digestive enzymes cannot. For example, fungi can digest the cellulose and lignin in plant cell walls, as well as keratin, the main protein in animal skin, claws, hair, and fur. The capacity to digest these tough structural materials makes fungi important decomposers.
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What structures of the male and female reproductive systems do not share a common embryonic origin?
A. labia majora and scrotum B. labia minora and urethra C. clitoris and penis D. cervix and ejaculatory duct E. All of these pairs share a common embryonic origin.
Mutations in the lamin A gene are responsible for very diverse disorders because
A) different tissues have different variants of the gene. B) lamin A proteins affect how chromatin touches the nuclear membrane. C) many different results occur. D) every tissue type has lamin A.
In what portion of a eukaryotic cell is the majority of DNA isolated?
a. nucleus b. mitochondria c. vesicles d. cytoplasm e. lysosome
What initiates the extrinsic clotting mechanism?
a. activation of thrombin b. release of substances outside of the blood c. aspirin d. conversion fibrinogen to fibrin e. activation of factor X