Despite oomycetes being called "water molds," they are phylogenetically distant from most other fungi

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: TRUE

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A 26-year-old woman has an odorous vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain, and difficulty urinating. Vaginal secretions are collected and sent to the laboratory for examination 3 hours af-ter collection. No motile organisms are observed on the wet preparation; however, T. vaginalis is suspected. Which one of the following statements explains this discrepancy?

a. The infection is most likely bacterial; therefore a Gram stain should have been performed. b. The specimen should have been refrige-rated before examination; consequently, the organism was compromised. c. The time between collection and the mi-croscopic examination was prolonged, resulting in loss of motility. d. No discrepancy is present; this organism in nonmotile.

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The corpus luteum form from ____

a. the uterine lining b. primary oocytes c. secondary oocytes d. a ruptured follicle after ovulation e. polar bodies

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Ferns, roots, and fronds grow from __________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)

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An RNA molecule (for example, rRNA or tRNA) within a cell can fold into complex three-dimensional shapes for which reason?

a. It contains the base uracil rather than thymine. b. It contains the sugar ribose rather than deoxyribose. c. It is double-stranded. d. It is more primitive than DNA. c. It is single-stranded.

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