How does a polytene chromosome differ from a typical eukaryotic chromosome?

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Polytene chromosomes are found in a variety of tissues in the larvae of some flies and several species of protozoans and plants. A polytene chromosome contains banding patterns and is large because of repeated replications of DNA without nuclear division, which is not the case in typical non-polytenic chromosomes.

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Neuston is a term relating to small organisms of the:

a. intertidal zone. b. benthic zone. c. ocean surface. d. abyssal zone. e. aphotic zone.

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The chain termination method of DNA sequencing is based on a replicating DNA strand

incorporating a deoxynucleotide that stops the chain elongation. __________________ Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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The individual cars of a freight train could be used to describe:A

the structure of a cestode. B. the structure of a mollusk. C. the structure of a gastropod. D. the structure of a chiton. E. the structure of a nemertean

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Organisms that directly reduce almost all of their pyruvate to lactate are called ________ fermenters.

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

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