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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What will be an ideal response?

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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.

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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.

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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

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