Surgical removal of the ________ would completely disrupt glucose metabolism because insulin would no longer be produced

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


pancreas

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What will be an ideal response?

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Transduction is defined as the:

a. change of the bacterial genotypes through the exchange of DNA from one cell to another. b. internal change in the original nucleotide sequence of a gene or genes within an or-ganism's genome. c. process by which genetic elements such as plasmids and transposons excise from one genomic location and insert into another. d. mechanism that is mediated by viruses, by which DNA from two bacteria may come together in one cell, thus allowing for re-combination.

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Mammalia, the taxon that includes all mammals, is ____ because all mammals are the descendants of a common

ancestor.

a. biphyletic b. monophyletic c. polyphyletic d. homoplastic e. paraphyletic

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A linear stretch of DNA that specifies the sequence

of amino acids in a polypeptide is called a(n) a. codon. b. intron. c. messenger. d. gene. e. enzyme.

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