The likelihood that a pathogen will make its host seriously ill is
a. pathogenicity.
b. opulence.
c. virulence.
d. invasiveness.
e. competence.
C
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These are short repeated sequences of DNA that vary from one chromosome to the next ____
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
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