Koch's postulates set forth a set of criteria designed to establish a causal relationship between a causative microbe and a disease

a. true
b. false


a. true

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Jerry is six years old. His sister Hanah has the autosomal recessive condition neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis that affects learning and coordination. Their parents are healthy. Given that Jerry has a normal phenotype and is not affected by the disorder, the probability that Jerry is a homozygote for the wild type allele of the gene that causes the condition is

A) 1/8. B) 1/4. C) 1/3. D) 2/3.

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The most common metabolic waste product is ____

a. urea b. carbon dioxide c. ammonia d. oxygen e. electrolytes

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Which cells secrete surfactant?

A) alveolar macrophages B) goblet cells C) type II alveolar cells D) ciliated cells E) type I alveolar cells

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Key sequences exist within promoters, which vary somewhat among various promoters but are sufficiently constant that they can be represented by a sequence of bases most often found at each position. These representations are called ________ sequences.

A. common B. idealized C. consensus D. convergence

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