Transgenic mice engineered to contain the mutant versions of the huntingtin gene with various numbers of _____________________ repeats have phenotypes similar to humans affected by Huntington disease

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Marine mammals, because of the energy demands of being homeothermic, expend about ____ times as much energy as other marine organisms

a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20 e. 25

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Crossing over is facilitated by a ____ orientation between homologous chromosomes.

A. tightly angled B. separated, perpendicular C. tight, perpendicular D. separated, parallel E. tight, parallel

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Which of the following statements is false regarding mammals?

A. Mammals’ lower jaw consists of a single bone. B. Mammals have distinctive skeletal and dental traits. C. The mammalian heart is three-chambered. D. Mammals are animals in which females nourish their offspring with milk that they secrete from mammary glands. E. Mammals also include the only animals that sweat.

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Mitochondria share all the following features with bacteria except

A) 80S ribosomes. B) 70S and 80S ribosomes. C) 70S ribosomes. D) linear DNA. E) linear DNA and 80S ribosomes.

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