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•What generates these diversity patterns?
•Hypothesis 1: Differences in current environmental factors (e.g. nutrients available, local chemistry).
•Hypothesis 2: Differences in historical exposures (e.g. microbes available to colonize).
•Need an experiment to separate these factors

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________ and ________ groups are negatively charged functional groups of carbon, whereas the ________ group is a positively charged functional group.

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

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Cytological examination of resting and contracted muscle provides important support for our current model for how skeletal muscle contracts. This evidence includes the observation that during contraction the

A) Z lines move farther apart. B) lengths of the thick and thin filaments change significantly. C) microtubules disassemble. D) muscle fibers change color. E) H zone becomes smaller.

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Why is using heat to speed up biological reactions problematic?

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