In humans and other animals, maternal inheritance is characteristic of mitochondrial diseases that often affect ____ phosphorylation

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.


oxidative

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a. the rate of species turnover at the end of geological eras. b. the number of species that suffer extinction at the beginning of geological eras. c. the steady rate of species turnover within a lineage throughout most of their evolutionary history. d. the lowest rate of species turnover within a lineage observed within a geological era. e. the animals that appear in the dense forest.

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Red-green color blindness is an X-linked recessive disorder. A woman with normal vision whose father was colorblind has children with a man with normal color vision. What is the probability that their first child will be colorblind?

A) 1/4 B) 1/2 C) 3/4 D) 0 E) 1

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Nerve fibers that are larger in diameter and heavily myelinated (A? fibers) will depolarize before smaller, unmyelinated nerve fibers (C fibers). Which of the following would you expect to occur first when applying electrical stimulation to a muscle with a high frequency (100 Hz), but low pulse duration (100 µs)?

a. Intermittent muscle contraction (unfused tetanus) b. Consistent muscle contraction (fused tetanus) c. "Pins and needles" sensation d. Pain

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The various characteristics of organisms that result from their genetic makeup are collectively referred to as an organism's ________

A) alleles B) proteome C) genotype D) genome E) phenotype

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