Crick and his colleagues proposed that the genetic code consists of a series of blocks of information, called ______, each corresponding to one amino acid in an encoded protein.  

A.  alleles
B.  codons
C.  genes
D.  polypeptides


B.  codons

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Some proteins overexpressed at high levels resulting in the formation of inclusion bodies can abolish the goal of producing large quantities of active protein. What could be done to minimize this issue?

A) Codon optimize the gene. B) Decrease the number of biobricks in the vector. C) Simultaneously produce intracellular chaperonins. D) Switch to an expression host with a larger intracellular volume.

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Members of the phylum ____ exhibit radial symmetry, with their body parts arranged regularly around a central axis

a. Porifera b. Mollusca c. Cnidaria d. Platyhelminthes e. Chordata

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During mitotic cell division, if chromosomal material is improperly divided between the two daughter cells, one cell could receive three copies of a chromosome, and the other cell could receive only one

This is likely due to a defect in which process? A) cytokinesis B) karyokinesis C) crossing over D) synapsis E) homologous recombination

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Explain why there are enormous deserts in the area of the United States known as the Great Basin, which is east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and west of the Rockies

What will be an ideal response?

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