The subunit of a kidney that purifies blood and restores solute and water balance is called a
a. renal pelvis.
b. renal capsule.
c. nephron.
d. ureter.
e. urethra.
c
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Transcription factors include all of the
following EXCEPT a. activators. b. repressors. c. enhancers. d. translational factors. e. none of these.
The figure above demonstrates that Hardy–Weinberg frequencies are:
a. determined by allele frequencies. b. determined by haplotype frequencies. c. determined by linkage disequilibrium. d. A and B. e. All of the above.