Researchers have shown that turnips can produce interferon (an antiviral agent) and tobacco plants can create antibodies to fight human disease as a result of controlled genetic alteration. Such plants are known as 

A. Genetically Manipulated (GM) organisms.
B. cloned organisms.
C. Genetically Modified (GM) organisms.
D. vector organisms.


C. Genetically Modified (GM) organisms.

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In humans, the allele for red-green color blindness is X-linked and recessive (Xr; the dominant allele is called XR). A man with normal color vision marries a color-blind woman who gives birth to a color-blind daughter

What can be inferred from this information? A) The woman is XRXr. B) The man must be a carrier for the color blindness allele. C) The daughter must be heterozygous. D) The man is probably NOT the father of the daughter.

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A solution with a pH of 7 is

A) strongly acidic. B) weakly acidic. C) neutral. D) weakly basic.

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Having an abnormally small number of platelets in the circulating blood is known as ___________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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