Scientists unearth a Wooly Mammoth from the Siberian Ice Sheath and discover that a eukaryotic "amoeba"-like cell is still alive. Which component of the cell membrane might contribute to maintaining the fluidity of plasma membranes under freezing conditions?
A. peripheral proteins
B. high levels of long fatty acyl tails within the lipid bilayer
C. high levels of unsaturated fatty acyl tails within the lipid bilayer
D. absence of cholesterol
E. high levels of saturated fatty acyl tails within the lipid bilayer
C. high levels of unsaturated fatty acyl tails within the lipid bilayer
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with these problems. What will be an ideal response?
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. Protein b. Starch c. Amino acids d. Lipid
A hydrogen atom that has become an ion is
a. a negatively charged ion. b. an isotope. c. unstable. d. a proton. e. an electron