Describe what is known about the lifespan of hydrothermal vent communities and how organisms may have adapted to these factors

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The individual vents do not last but 10 to 20 years. In contrast to the surrounding deep sea, stability is lacking with the vents requiring that the organism have the ability to colonize new vents as they form. The species mature rapidly and produce large amounts of mobile larvae that can be dispersed by deepwater currents. It is possible that they use whale carcasses as an intermediate habitat where they can grow, and in some cases asexually reproduce.

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Justify why clinical medicine has an interest in understanding bacterial cell division at the molecular level

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All of the following are composed primarily of proteins EXCEPT

a. enzymes. b. cytoskeleton. c. antibodies. d. DNA.

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The oxidation of which macromolecule yields the most energy by weight?

a. lipids b. glycogen c. starch d. glucose e. protein

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You want to calculate the frequency of the allele causing sickle cell disease in your patients, and you know the genotypes of every individual

Assuming the population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium due to population substructure, which method can be used to calculate allele frequency? A) allele-counting method B) genotype proportion method C) square root method D) binomial expansion E) chi-square test

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