A fatty acid having double bonds between carbon atoms is a(n) 

A. phospholipid.
B. animal fat.
C. unsaturated fat.
D. saturated fat.


C. unsaturated fat.

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The total number of different three-base combinations of the four nucleic acid bases is:

a. 12. b. 16. c. 20. d. 64. e. 256.

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This occurs when insertions or deletions cause the ribosome to read the wrong sets of three nucleotides. 

A. point mutation B. frameshift C. translocation D. transcription

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Agglutination tests make use of the fact that

A) antibodies have two antigen-binding sites and will cause clumping when bound to antigen. B) the presence of antibodies in a patient's serum will prevent viral infection of cells in culture. C) a reporter enzyme can be bound to an antibody to provide a visual change with a positive test. D) antibodies bound to antigen will precipitate in a gel matrix. E) T cells will release interferon-gamma during certain infections.

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