What are prototrophs?

What will be an ideal response?


Prototrophs are bacteria that can grow on minimal medium and are assumed to be wild type.

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The first person to describe the mechanism of seafloor spreading by which continents drifted apart from one another was:

a. Sir Francis Bacon. b. Alfred Wegener. c. Harry Hess. d. Edward Suess. e. Charles Darwin.

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Protists are a diverse group of organisms. Which of the following is not characteristic of protists?

1.May be multicellular or unicellular. 2.May have DNA in a plasmid or in a nucleus. 3.May reproduce sexually or asexually. 4.May be autotrophs and/or heterotrophs.

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What key feature of chimpanzee tool use have anthropologists identified?

What will be an ideal response?

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There should be a strong positive correlation between the rate of protein synthesis and _____

A) the quantity of DNA polymerase B) the quantity of RNA polymerase C) the size of mRNA D) the number of ribosomes

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