An organism that is able to be transmitted from one host to another is said to be ________.

A. infective
B. communicable
C. virulent
D. pathogenic


Answer: B

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Cells with two of each kind of chromosome are _____

a. aneuploid b. diploid c. triploid d. haploid e. tetraploid

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All of the following conditions are necessary for an instrumental variable Z to be a valid instrument for X in the regression: Yi = ?0 + ?1Xi + Ui except for which condition?

A. Cov(Xi, Zi) ? 0 B. Cov(Xi, Yi) ? 0 C. Cov(Zi, Ui) = 0 D. None of these choices are correct.

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Membrane curvature is influenced by the differential lipid composition of the two membrane monolayers

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