Basic science or "pure" science
What will be an ideal response?
seeks to expand knowledge regardless of the short-term application of that knowledge. It
is not focused on developing a product or a service of immediate public or commercial value. The immediate goal of basic
science is knowledge for knowledge's sake, though this does not mean that in the end it may not result in an application.
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Paedomorphosis is
A. the formation of limbs from fins in the evolution of land vertebrates. B. the change from radial to bilateral symmetry in the evolution of plants and animals. C. the retention of juvenile traits in an adult organism. D. an earlier development of adult traits in an organism. E. the development of different types of eyes from a simpler form.
Hydrophobic is _______________.
a. acidic b. basic c. neutral d. both acidic and basic
Unwinding the double helix to separate the parental strands requires a __________ protein that hydrolyzes ATP to drive the unwinding reaction.
A) primase B) DNA ligase C) DNA polymerase III D) topoisomerase E) helicase
ADF/cofilin plays a role in
a. the disassembly of microfilaments. b. stimulation of actin filament formation. c. the nucleation of microfilaments. d. the disassembly of microtubules.