About 4% of people of northern European descent are carriers for an autosomal recessive genetic disorder in which a defective membrane transport protein leads to abnormal chloride levels in extracellular fluids. What is the name of this disorder?

a. Duchenne muscular dystrophy
b. cystic fibrosis
c. achondroplasia
d. sickle cell anemia


Answer: b. cystic fibrosis

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A. chytrids B. choanflagellates C. yeasts D. conidia E. bread molds

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Don Johansson found the skull of Lucy at Hadar in Ethiopia

a. true b. false

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Traditionally, chymotrypsin used in the food

industry was obtained from

a. mold fermentation. b. yeast fermentation. c. sheep stomachs. d. bacterial fermentation. e. calf stomachs

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