How do researchers in the metagenomics sector operate?

A) They study Mendelian traits in children.
B) They link diseases by shared gene expression.
C) They detect mutations in the protein encoding part of an individual's genome by using powerful algorithms.
D) They collect and sequence DNA, then consult databases of known genomes to imagine what the organisms to which the DNA belongs might be like.


D) They collect and sequence DNA, then consult databases of known genomes to imagine what the organisms to which the DNA belongs might be like.

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A) Interoperability B) Intangibles C) Return on investment D) Biometrics

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After meiosis, resulting daughter cells will contain _____

a. the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell b. half the number of chromosomes than the parent cell carries c. twice the number of chromosomes than the parent cell carries d. three times the number of chromosomes than the parent cell carries e. four times the number of chromosomes than the parent cell carries

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Transformed cells contain

a. transformants. b. new genes. c. bacteria. d. none of these choices.

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A series of enzymatic steps that fixes carbon dioxide into carbohydrate is called the ________.

A. Calvin-Benson cycle B. Pentose phosphate pathway C. Entner-Doudoroff pathway D. Embden-Meyerhoff pathway

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