What is an episome?

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Ans: An episome is a plasmid that is capable of lysogeny; that is, it can integrate itself into the bacterial chromosome and be inherited along with it.

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Although there are fewer than 14,000 living species of seedless vascular plants, they were the

dominant plants on Earth for nearly 200 million years. Their dominance ended at the end of the Carboniferous period, about

a. 1.5 billion years ago. b. 420 million years ago. c. 250 million years ago. d. 125 million years ago. e. 17 million years ago.

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Pregnant women are advised to avoid eating tuna, due to the presence of ____, which can impact prenatal brain

development.

a. copper b. mercury c. nicotine d. bisphenol-A (BPA) e. fluoride

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Carrier proteins interact with particular molecules only. This characteristic is:

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is faciliated diffusion carrier mediated or non carrier mediated transport?

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