A typical cell in your body uses only about 10 percent of its genes at one time. Why are only a small amount of genes expressed in any given cell?

What will be an ideal response?


All cells in our body have the same DNA, regardless of the cell type. Some of the active genes affect structural features and metabolic pathways common to all of your cells but there are many specialized proteins (and therefore genes) which are only expressed in specialized cell types (for example the protein crystallin in the lens of the eye) within the body.

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Morphological differences between European beavers and South American ____ contributed to Darwin's thoughts on

species diversification

a. nutrias b. iguanas c. glyptodonts d. armadillos e. beavers

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How might drugs that interfere with the

functioning of the apicoplast in the malariacausing protist probably not be harmful to humans?

a. the drugs would kill the protist before it infected a human b. the drug would prevent the protist from photosynthesizing which is its energy source c. humans never evolved photosynthetic organelles and thus would be unaffected by a drug targeting that type of organelle d. humans already have resistance to apicoplast drugs e. any drug that would prevent the functioning of apicoplasts would not work in a human system

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IP3 receptors are associated with

A) plasma membranes. B) Golgi apparatus membranes. C) mitochondrial membranes. D) ER membranes. E) endosome membranes.

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Which of the following is not a feauture of memes:

A. death B. genetic recombination C. mutation D. asexual reproduction E. sexual reproduction

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