In most human populations, lactase levels are highest soon after birth and drop off in middle-to-late childhood

a. True
b. False


True

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A. They can exist in an intracellular or extracellular phase. B. They infect animal and plant cells only. C. They are acellular. D. They can be observed with an electron microscope. E. They replicate only inside host cells.

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a. ribosomes. b. cytoplasm. c. nucleus. d. mitochondria. e. chloroplasts.

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Which protein blocks the interaction sites that produce skeletal muscle contraction?

a. actin b. myosin c. troponin d. tropomyosin e. sarcoplasmic reticulum

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