Ecosystems are characterized by the cycling of ____________ and by the flow of ____________ .

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


Ans: chemicals. energy

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A. produce lipids. B. produce mRNA. C. produce proteins. D. detoxify poisons. E. form vesicles for transport to the Golgi apparatus.

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Small single strand DNA molecules with a fluorescent molecule attached that are used to identify a clone containing a specific gene fragment is called a

A) primer. B) probe. C) plasmid. D) promoter. E) peptide.

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Mutations that eliminate a contiguous region in the Drosophila embryo's segmentation pattern are called ________

A) segment genes B) linkage genes C) compartment genes D) homeodomains E) gap genes

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Please select the answers below that correspond to structural features of HIV and their host cells necessary for HIV infection to occur.

> The HIV envelope contains glycoproteins that mediate viral absorption and fusion to the host cell. > The helical HIV capsid opens to allow access of its single-stranded DNA genome to the host cell genome. > Infectable host cell membranes must present surface receptors including a CD4 marker, as well as a co-receptor. > Infectable host cells must actively phagocytize the HIV particle through the host cell membrane.

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