The first portion of the nephron is responsible for filtering blood and is called the ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


renal corpuscle

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A. Absence of ribosomal RNA evidence in a specific host location where the organism was not expected to have colonized B. Absence of ribosomal RNA evidence in a specific host location where the organism was believed to have colonized C. Presence of ribosomal RNA evidence in a specific host location where the organism was believed to have colonized D. Presence of ribosomal RNA evidence in a specific host location where the organism was not expected to have colonized

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The maintenance of genetic variation in sea-squirts (Botryllus scholosseri) has been studied by Richard Grosberg. Interestingly, these sea-squirts have two genetically determined life history forms

In one, called ________ the modules in a colony reproduce once and then die. In the other morph, called ________ colonies reproduce sexually at least three times before they die. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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In mammals, the __________ is a temporary center for the formation of blood cells

a. amnion b. allantois c. yolk sac d. chorion e. archenterons

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Studies have shown that in the flowering plant Arabidopsis whether or not a root epidermal cell develops a root hair is

determined ____.

a. by the distance of the cell from the root tip b. from the timing of cell division c. by positional information from cells of the root cortex d. shortly after the eight-cell embryo stage e. by the direction of cell division

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