Which of the following is not a function of skeletal muscles?

A. movement of bones
B. support
C. protection of internal organs
D. pumping of blood throughout the body
E. maintenance of body temperature


Answer: D

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Suppose you are culturing tobacco in a petri dish at a 10:1 ratio of auxin to cytokinin. To promote only

shoot development you would

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__________ contain identical DNA sequences and are held together by __________ during mitosis

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Which of the following is true about eukaryotic replicons?

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