Addison's disease is a disorder that results from a reduction in production of glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids. Individuals with Addison's disease suffer from a variety of systemic symptoms including: muscle weakness, fever, issues with the gastrointestinal tract, and increased tanning. Considering this information, what type of signaling do you think that glucocorticoids and
mineralocorticoids stimulate?
A. Direct contact
B. Paracrine
C. Endocrine
D. Synaptic
E. Autocrine
C. Endocrine
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A) fast mobile prey B) large prey C) cryptic prey D) brightly colored prey
During replication, the direction of synthesis of new DNA from the leading and lagging strands is
A) 5' to 3' only. B) 3' to 5' only. C) from left to right only. D) both 5' to 3' and 3' to 5'. E) different, depending on whether the cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic.
Which of the following statements best exemplifies the principle of selective pressures?
a. the environmental pressures felt by selection b. the environmental pressures felt by populations c. the environmental pressures felt by species d. the environmental pressures felt by organisms
The fertilization of an egg by a sperm produces a cell called a/an:
A) oocyte. B) ovum. C) gamete. D) zygote.