The prion disease associated with cannibalism is
a) sheep scrapie.
b) kuru.
c) mad cow disease.
d) chronic wasting disease.
Ans: b) kuru.
You might also like to view...
The formation of the bivalent during meiosis
A. is required for the pairing of homologous chromosomes. B. contributes to the genetic diversity of a species. C. ensures that the resulting haploid cells will have the same combination of homologous chromosomes as the original diploid cell. D. aids the alignment of sister chromatids in a single row along the metaphase plate. E. occurs during meiosis II.
The fungal group that is most closely related to ancestral fungi are the
A. Zygomycota. B. Chytridomycota. C. Ascomycota. D. Basidomycota.
Which of the following is a characteristic of temperate forests?
a. being dominated by deciduous trees b. having significant tree species diversity c. having shrubs that adapt to occasional fires d. being shaded mostly by evergreen conifers
According to the Health & Wellness essay, The Growing Threat of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, which one of the following is TRUE?
A) The more we use antibiotics, the more we encourage the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. B) Antibiotics should be prescribed to treat viral infections, such as the common cold. C) Consumers should support the use of antibiotics in livestock feeds and on fruit trees to decrease the incidence of food-borne infections. D) Antibiotics kill only harmful bacteria. E) Because of the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in medicine and society, some bacterial strains have now become less resistant to almost all currently existing antibiotics.