Nonsense mutations change termination codons into amino acid codons

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


False

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A 37-year-old man traveling through South America has a sudden onset of fever, severe headache, and chills. A macropapular rash develops on his trunk, which then spreads to his face and extremities. The vector transmitting this disease is most likely:

a. ticks. b. mosquitos. c. lice. d. sandflies.

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Which environment is most likely to produce trees without annual rings?

a. tropical rain forest b. northern evergreen forest c. areas with alternating wet and dry seasons d. temperate-deciduous forests e. none of these, because annual rings are characteristic of all trees

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A multicellular organism that lacks cell walls and obtains energy by eating other organisms is a(n)

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