What was the first forensic application of DNA fingerprinting?

a. proving the innocence of a prisoner convicted of false charges
b. confirming the identity of remains thought to be King Richard III
c. confirming the biological relationship between a mother and her son
d. identifying the source of the Spanish influenza pandemic in 1918


c. confirming the biological relationship between a mother and her son

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which statement is true?

a. Horizontal gene transfer can only occur between single-cell organisms from the Archaea and Bacteria domains. b. The tree of life phylogenetic model proposed by Darwin has been completely abandoned by modern science. c. Phylogenetic models are necessarily incomplete descriptions of evolutionary relationships between organisms. d. The most common form of horizontal gene transfer occurs when one organism consumes another organism.

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Which one of the following is characteristic of T lymphocytes but NOT B lymphocytes?

A) direct attack of antigen-bearing cells B) production of immunoglobulins C) maturation in the red bone marrow D) production of plasma cells E) antibody-mediated immunity

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Carbonaceous chondrites have been heated to high temperature at least once since they formed

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

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