The chemotherapy drug taxol inhibits microtubule function. A cell treated with taxol would become stuck in which phase?

What will be an ideal response?


telophase

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As populations approach carrying capacity, crowding can affect:

A. birth rates through resource limitation. B. death rates through resource limitation. C. death rates by increasing the transmission of pathogens and parasites. D. birth and death rates through resource limitation. E. birth and death rates through resource limitation, and death rates by increasing the transmission of pathogens and parasites.

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Microorganisms in the human colon are more often being described as mutualistic with human hosts rather than commensalistic. Why has this change in the definition of a symbiotic relationship occurred?

A. As we learn more about the ecology of the human microbiome, we have learned that these organisms are dependent on the nutrients that we provide for their survival. B. As we learn more about the ecology of the human microbiome, we recognize our dependence on these organisms for immunity, vitamin production, and other essential processes. C. As we learn more about the makeup of the human digestive tract, we realize that some microorganisms are potentially pathogenic while others are not. D. All of the choices are correct.

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A porpoise and a dolphin, both mammals, mate and produce an embryo, but the embryo fails to complete

development. This event describes:a. hybrid sterility. b. hybrid inviability. c. hybrid breakdown. d. gametic isolation. e. gestational abortion.

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Problem-solving is a form of 

A. imprinting. B. insight learning. C. conditioning. D. instinctive behavior.

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