Research dealing with which human blood disorder was instrumental in linking the genotype to a specific phenotype, and what conclusion was reached?

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The work on sickle-cell anemia was instrumental in showing that a mutant gene produced a mutant protein molecule.

Biology & Microbiology

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The step involving ATP, hexokinase, and the phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate is

A. an example of oxidative phosphorylation. B. an example of photophosphorylation. C. the final step of the Krebs cycle. D. the first redox reaction of the electron transport system. E. an example of substrate-level phosphorylation.

Biology & Microbiology

Which method of ATP generation by muscle cells requires oxygen?

a. aerobic respiration b. anaerobic respiration c. alcoholic fermentation d. cellular respiration

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As sunlight passes through water, only ________ wavelengths are able to penetrate into deeper water

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Biology & Microbiology

Crossing over in prophase I and ________ in metaphase I increase the genetic variation from one generation to another

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Biology & Microbiology