Which one of the following statements about the BRCA1 gene for breast cancer is FALSE?
A. It was discovered by Mary-Claire King and her colleagues.
B. The gene is also linked to ovarian cancer.
C. One mutated copy of BRCA1 is sufficient to cause cancer.
D. Although only 1 in 200 females inherit it, 90 percent of them will develop breast cancer.
E. It is located on the long arm of chromosome 17.
C
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If the amount of sodium suddenly increases in the blood, which of the following would occur?
A. Blood osmolarity would increase. B. Blood aldosterone levels would decline. C. Blood antidiuretic hormone would decline. D. Both blood osmolarity would increase and aldosterone levels would decline. E. Both blood osmolarity would increase and antidiuretic hormone levels would decline.
The type of tissue lining ducts and breathing passageways of the lungs is __________
a. epithelial b. muscle c. nervous d. connective
When large populations are spread across vast geographic distances, which evolutionary force is affected?
a. mutation b. genetic drift c. natural selection d. nonrandom mating
TMV, or ________, is a rodlike particle with a genome of ________ and a ________ consisting of 2130 copies of a single polypeptide
Fill in the blank with correct word.