A patient with Bruton's agammaglobulinemia has decreased immunoglobulin. This disease affects __________.

A) Macrophages
B) natural killer cells
C) T cytotoxic cells
D) B cells


Ans: D) B cells

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imprecise base pairing with the third base in the codon.

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would yield

a. cellulose and chitin. b. suberin and cutin. c. phospholipids and proteins. d. microtubules and microfilaments. e. phospholipids and nucleic acids.

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Embryo splitting is a type of cloning in which an egg is fertilized in vitro and

A) then the genomic DNA is replaced with that from a desired donor. B) allowed to reach the fetus stage before implanted into the designated mother. C) then following mitosis, the intact nuclei are transferred to somatic cells for embryo development. D) the cells are split after the eight-cell stage to be implanted into a surrogate mother. E) subjected to nuclear transfer.

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