Why do cancer researchers study molecular events associated with mitosis?
What will be an ideal response?
While mitosis is a basic process related to genetic and general biological studies, it is also a significant event in the cell cycle. The cell cycle is regulated by a variety of gene products, which, when altered by mutation, may lead to cancer.
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When taxonomists recognize subspecies, they are identifying:
A. populations that are reproductively isolated from one another. B. populations with restricted enough gene flow to develop some population-specific traits, but that can still interbreed. C. populations that will, within a few generations, become separate species as reproductive isolation is nearly complete. D. populations with extremely restricted gene flow due to allopatric isolation. E. none of these
Most of the active functions of plasma membranes are carried out by ____
a. cholesterol b. proteins c. hydrophilic heads d. hydrophobic tails e. carbohydrates
Fibrous joints
What will be an ideal response?
The enzyme found in tears that can digest bacterial cell walls is called:a
protease. b. lysozyme. c. interferon. d. cytokine. e. defensin