Define cancer at the anatomical level

What will be an ideal response?


Cancer is the uncontrolled proliferation of cells and the ability of cells to metastasize or migrate to other sites to form secondary growths.

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You are given two true-breeding groups of gerbils. The gerbils in the first group have black coat color and curly tails; the gerbils in the second group have yellow coat color and straight tails

When you produce an F1 generation, you see only gerbils with black coat color and curly tails. When you produce an F2 generation, you see some gerbils with black coat color (75%) and some gerbils with yellow coat color (25%). You also see some of the gerbils have straight tails (25%) and others (75%) have curly tails. If the single alleles responsible for coat color and tail appearance sort independently, how many of the black gerbils are expected to have straight tails? A. 100% B. 75% C. 25% D. 0%

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In addition to lysis, animal viruses may exit the host cell by

A. extrusion. B. budding. C. fission. D. fusion.

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Which level of taxonomy encompasses all of

the others?

a. family b. class c. order d. species e. genus

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The simple tissue composed of dead, thick-walled cells that provide structural support to plants is referred to as ____

a. vascular b. dermal c. collenchyma d. sclerenchyma e. parenchyma

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