Consider an organism whose karyotype shows it to have a total of 60 chromosomes. How many chromosomes would be contained in the sperm of this organism?

A. 23
B. 30
C. 46
D. 60
E. 90


B. 30

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a. blunt b. tapered c. rounded d. flattened

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The Nod factor is an important component of  

A.  the formation of the digestive enzymes of carnivorous plants. B.  legume-bacterial interactions. C.  mycorrhizal-terrestrial plant interactions. D.  the Calvin Cycle. E.  trichloroethylene metabolism.

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The probability of producing a normal child by two parents who are carriers for an autosomal recessive disorder is

____.

a. 0% b. 25% c. 50% d. 75%

e. 100%

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Each tRNA has an __________ that base-pairs with a codon, and each binds to the kind of amino acid

specified by the codon. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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