What is meant by homologous recombination?

What will be an ideal response?


Genetic exchange at equivalent positions along two chromosomes with substantial DNA sequence homology.

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The accumulation of which gas from fossil fuel burning significantly affects global temperatures?

a. carbon dioxide b. nitrogen c. oxygen d. ozone e. water

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Two noncellular agents, smaller than viruses, are the infectious proteins called ________, and the infectious RNA strands called ________.

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

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Lions, leopards, and other large terrestrial predators generally maintain well-defined territories. What kind of dispersion pattern would you expect this to produce?

A. random B. clustered C. logistic D. clumped E. uniform

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Which of these is present in plant, but not animal, cells?

a) Golgi apparatus b) nucleus c) chloroplasts d) cell membrane

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