Mutations that enable cancer cells to grow and divide faster than other normal cells are known as ________ mutations.

A) benign

B) gateway

C) passenger

D) driver


D) driver

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Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder which destroys the microvilli of the small intestine. Vitamin B12 can be absorbed by passive diffusion across the microvilli of the small intestine. Consider a patient who has had 10% of their microvilli destroyed. If the concentration of vitamin B is 0.6 pg/ml inside the lumen of the small intestine and 0.3 pg/ml on the inside of an epithelial cell, how is the diffusion rate of vitamin B altered in this patient?

A. It is reduced by 10%. B. It is reduced by .003%. C. It is increased by 10%. D. It is reduced by .3%. E. It is increased by .3%.

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What serves as the template during transcription?

a. mRNA b. RNA c. DNA d. amino acids e. protein

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Flowers that smell like rotten meat, dung or decaying matter are most likely pollinated by

a. moths. b. butterflies. c. hummingbirds. d. bees. e. flies.

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Choanoflagellate adhesion proteins are similar to those of animals, and researchers have discovered that even solitary choanoflagellates have these proteins. What is the current hypothesis about the relation between the choanoflagellate adhesion proteins and animal adhesion proteins?

What will be an ideal response?

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