Because of the hepatic portal vein, the _____ is the first organ to receive most of the products of digestion.
A. pancreas
B. heart
C. liver
D. brain
E. kidney
C. liver
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The complete genetic composition of an organism is called its
A. proteome. B. genome. C. transcriptosome. D. phenotype. E. None of these choices are correct.
Although endotoxemia affects many organs, the organ most seriously and irreversibly affected is the
A. heart. B. lung. C. kidney. D. spleen.
The process by which genotype becomes expressed as phenotype is ________
A) gene regulation B) transcription C) gene expression D) translation
When plasmids are used to produce a desired protein, the ________
A) plasmids multiply and produce the protein outside of the bacterium B) bacterial chromosome is genetically engineered, and the plasmid is used to help the bacterium replicate C) desired gene is inserted into the plasmid, and the plasmid is taken up by the bacterium D) bacterial genome and plasmid are inserted into the genome of the cell containing the desired gene