Match the definition with the term it is describing.

Competent cell

A) Taking up plasmid DNA from the environment
B) Plasmid containing genes from different organisms
C) Cell capable of transformation


C) Cell capable of transformation

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A. 1 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 1 or 3 (can't tell)

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a. spermatids. b. spermatogonia. c. primary spermatocytes. d. secondary spermatocytes. e. sperm.

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Ecologists determined that, regardless of the richness

of the ecosystem, energy passes through no more than __________ trophic levels. a. one or two b. two or three c. three or four d. four or five e. five or six

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