A person is exposed to rotten wood with fungal growth and develops blastomycosis. No one taking care of him/her becomes ill. Blastomycosis is an example of a ________ disease
A) contagious
B) subacute
C) chronic
D) noncommunicable
E) latent
D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: Classification of Infectious Diseases
Learning Outcome: 14.21
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A) They study Mendelian traits in children. B) They link diseases by shared gene expression. C) They detect mutations in the protein encoding part of an individual's genome by using powerful algorithms. D) They collect and sequence DNA, then consult databases of known genomes to imagine what the organisms to which the DNA belongs might be like.
The formation of new species from populations that are not isolated from each other is called
a. convergent evolution. b. gene flow. c. allopatric speciation. d. sympatric speciation. e. parapatric speciation.
A horse eating some hay is an example of ________
A) an autotroph eating a producer B) an autotroph eating a consumer C) a consumer eating a producer D) a consumer eating a heterotroph
If body cells have too few receptors for insulin, ________
A) the insulin level is likely to decrease B) the blood glucose level may rise to abnormal levels C) the liver will need to break down more glycogen D) more glucagon will be needed