The PhyloCode is a set of rules for ____
a. naming organisms using traditional taxonomic groups
b. classifying organisms into Linnaean hierarchies
c. identifying and naming clades
d. creating binomial species names
e. insuring strict monophyly in classification
ANSWER: c
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A. Autoclaving B. Heating in a dry air oven C. Incineration D. Pasteurization
The circles in “B” are
a. fragments of the main bacterial DNA. b. plasmids. c. cDNA molecules. d. DNA templates. e. none of these.
The oldest fossils
a. demonstrate the widest distribution. b. represent the most highly evolved organisms. c. are found buried deeper in the ground than more modern forms. d. are found in Africa. e. are primitive marine vertebrates.
A gram-positive bacterium suddenly acquires resistance to the antibiotic methicillin. This trait most likely occurred due to acquisition of new genetic information through
A) conjugation. B) binary fission. C) meisosis. D) transformation. E) transduction.