LUCA, the last universal common ancestor, is:

A. a prehistoric protozoan cell.
B. an embryonic cell (in fetus).
C. the simplest bacterial cell.
D. a cell from which all organisms descended.


D

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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In this STD, symptoms include warts on the

genitals and can lead to cervical and anal cancers. This STD is

a. gonorrhea. b. siphilis. c. chlamydia. d. genital herpes. e. HPV infection

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Suppose a segment of DNA contains five restriction sites for a particular restriction enzyme. How many fragments of DNA will remain after the enzyme is used to cut the DNA?

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