The peptidoglycan of bacterial cell walls contains a carbohydrate matrix linked together by short chains of:

A. fatty acids.
B. steroids.
C. nucleotides.
D. amino acids.
E. water molecules.


D

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a. monoecious; complete b. dioecious; imperfect c. dioecious; complete d. monoecious; imperfect e. monoecious; perfect

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The nucleosome core particle is composed of ____

a. DNA b. helicase c. single-stranded binding proteins d. RNA primer e. histones

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Face length in dogs is controlled by ____

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