A researcher wants to create a mouse model for a disease, to allow her team to study possible therapies. The disease is known to be caused by a small deletion that removes a certain gene. Which type of mouse would be the best choice for this purpose?
A. Conditional knockout mouse activated by a drug
B. Tissue-specific gene knockout
C. Knockout mouse
D. Mutant derived by traditional forward genetics screen
E. Knockin mouse
Answer: C
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A. Ultraviolet (germicidal) light B. 160°C for 2 hours C. 121°C at 15 psi for 15 minutes D. Gamma rays E. All of the choices are correct.
Refer to the accompanying figure. Which protist group’s life cycle is demonstrated in this figure?
a. red algae
b. green algae
c. brown algae
d. dinoflagellates
e. foraminiferans
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a. the acrosome reaction b. the cortical reaction c. spermatogenesis d. determination e. capacitation
A few days of fever with vomiting followed by high fever, jaundice, and "black vomit" are characteristic of
A) malaria. B) dengue fever. C) Chagas' disease. D) yellow fever. E) schistosomiasis.