The portion of the Y chromosome that determines male gender is known as ________.

What will be an ideal response?


SRY or "sex-determining region of the Y chromosome"

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A researcher tests the hypothesis that large, daily doses of vitamin C help protect against catching the common cold. What would be the best experimental and control group to test this hypothesis?

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The diagram shows the rate of diffusion into a cell using carrier proteins.Carrier proteins are saturated at which point?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

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All of the following are found in the cell walls of gram-positive bacteria EXCEPT_______

a. peptidoglycan b. teichoic acid c. lipid A d. N-acetylglucosamine e. lipoteichoic acid

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