The cellular basis of muscular dystrophy is that some of a child's muscle cells

A) have combined into a structure that cannot contract.
B) lack DNA.
C) lack a protein that enables them to withstand the force of contraction.
D) have too much of a contractile protein and become weak.


C) lack a protein that enables them to withstand the force of contraction.

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

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A sticky structure adapted to receive pollen is

a(an)

a. style. b. stigma. c. anther. d. filament. e. corolla.

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Why do we expect that postzygotic isolation will evolutionarily precede prezygotic isolation in the speciation process?

What will be an ideal response?

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