Which of the following statements about progeria is false?
a. Progeria arises from a mutation in the gene for lamin
b. Progeriacs die of diseases usually seen in the elderly, like stroke or heart attack.
c. The symptoms of progeria begin before age two.
d. Progeria can run in families because parents may be unaffected carriers.
d
You might also like to view...
A term which applies to most trees which lose only a few leaves at a time is
A. deciduous. B. carnivorous. C. maple. D. hickory. E. coniferous.
A radical mastectomy involves the removal of
a. any breast tumor. b. a benign breast tumor. c. a malignant breast tumor. d. a breast, all lymph nodes under the arm, and skeletal muscles in the chest wall under the breast. e. both breasts.
Which of the following contains the three posttranscriptional modifications often seen in the maturation of mRNA in eukaryotes?
A) removal of exons, insertion of introns, capping B) 5'-poly(A) tail addition, insertion of introns, capping C) 5'-capping, 3'-poly(A) tail addition, splicing D) 3'-capping, 5'-poly(A) tail addition, splicing E) heteroduplex formation, base modification, capping
____________________ is a process in which unrelated species in separated parts of a biome develop similar characteristics, such as water-storing stems in North American cacti and African euphorbs.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).