Which of the following diseases is not caused by an obligate intracellular pathogen?

A) chlamydial urethritis
B) human monocytic ehrlichiosis
C) Rocky Mountain spotted fever
D) typhoid fever


D) typhoid fever

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The process that most involves the selective uptake of a specific cargo molecule into the cell through receptor binding and aggregation is

A. pinocytosis. B. receptor-mediated endocytosis. C. autophagocytosis. D. phagocytosis. E. receptor-mediated exocytosis.

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You and your neighbor each have a holly bush in your yards. You carefully water and care for your bush, but it fails to produce berries. Your neighbor, on the other hand, neglects his holly, yet it produces gorgeous red berries each year. Finally, in frustration, you replace your holly with a rose bush. The next year, your neighbor’s holly bush has no berries at all. What happened?  

A.  Roses compete for the same insect pollinators as holly bushes. B.  Holly plants are dioecious. Yours was a male that was needed to pollinate the neighbor’s female. C.  Roses secrete a chemical that inhibits the reproduction of neighboring plants. D.  The neighbor’s bush became infected with the same disease that yours had. Clarify Question What is the key concept addressed by the question? What type of thinking is required? Gather Content What do you already know about dioecious plants? What other information is related to the question? Choose Answer  Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer? Reflect on Process Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?

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A consensus sequence in the untranslated leader sequence of a prokaryotic mRNA, which serves as a ribosome binding site is called the ________ sequence.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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You have an F2 generation derived from two true-breeding parents AA and aa. with different characteristics for the same trait determined by a single allele

What percentage of the recessive phenotype would you expect to be true breeding if they were self-fertilized? A. 0% B. 25% C. 33% D. 67% E. 75% F. 100%

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