When placed into a hypertonic solution, a bacterial cell will:

A) take in more water than it releases.
B) lyse.
C) shrink.
D) swell.


C) shrink.

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a. coniferous forest b. tundra c. temperate deciduous forest d. tropical rain forest e. chaparral

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In the Hardy-Weinberg equations, the frequencies of 2 alleles in a population (where there are only 2 alleles to consider) can be designated as

A. p2 and q2. B. (p + q)2. C. p and q. D. 2pq. E. p2 and 2pq.

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