The term used when oxidative phosphorylation uses oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor is:
a. substrate-level phosphorylation.
b. fermentative metabolism.
c. anaerobic respiration.
d. aerobic respiration.
D
Oxidative phosphorylation is an electron transport system that can use either oxygen as the ter-minal electron acceptor (aerobic respiration) or acceptors other than oxygen (anaerobic respira-tion).
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A. animal pole B. vegetal pole C. equator region D. membrane
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a. S. japonicum b. S. haematobium c. S. mansoni d. Schistosoma intercalatum
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a. traditional classification b. the three domains c. binomial nomenclature d. cladistics
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A. determining the extent to which a sexually reproducing population is evolving. B. predicting when genetic drift will occur in a sexually reproducing population. C. determining when speciation will occur. D. predicting when specific groups of organisms will become extinct. E. determining if a patient has a genetic disease.