Ricin is a potential chemical warfare agent that kills by disabling the ribosomes. With ricin poisoning, a cell would no longer be able to make ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
proteins
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Explain how the impact of a large comet may have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs
What will be an ideal response?
A pair of centrioles is found at the center of the microtubule-organizing center in plant cells
__________________ Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which is an example of a specific line of defense against an infectious agent?
A) The skin acts as a barrier to infection by the agent. B) Macrophages engulf the invading agent in the affected tissue. C) Mucus membranes in the lungs trap the invading pathogens. D) B cells stick to the invading pathogen's surface.
The sharp reduction of the gene pool and the numbers of a population through a severe epidemic is an example of ____.
A. natural selection B. genetic isolation C. the bottleneck effect D. the founder effect E. the wild card effect