Humans store glucose as a highly branched polymer in the liver or muscle cells. What is this polymer called?

a. glycogen
b. galactosidase
c. cellulose
d. alanine


a. glycogen

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You discover a new bird species, but so far have only observed ten nesting females. The female birds are small and mostly brown, with a bit of red around their tails and throats. After the eggs hatch, you perform genetic tests which reveal that all chicks within a nest share the same father, but some chicks across nests also share a father. Based on this, what would you predict about the males of this species?

A. They are larger than the females with more coloration. B. They appear very similar to the females. C. They are smaller than the females with less coloration. D. They are similar in size to the females with more coloration.

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Lichens are most typically formed by the symbiotic association of an alga or cyanobacterium and a(n):

a. zygomycete. b. ascomycete. c. basidiomycete. d. glomeromycete.

e. chytridiomycete.

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________ alleles are those that are not epistatic over nonallelic genes that influence the same phenotypic characteristic

A) Nonadditive B) Discontinuous C) Additive D) Threshold

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Which of the following best describes the type of clothing that should be worn during exercise in the heat?

What will be an ideal response?

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