In the pressure-flow mechanism, loading of sucrose from companion cells to sieve-tube elements takes place through _____

A) plasmodesmata
B) facilitated diffusion
C) sucrose-H+ symporters
D) sucrose-H+ antiporters


A

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a. Niger b. The United States c. Sweden d. Italy

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What happened in an experiment where normal cultured human cells were infected with a virus that carried DNA

encoding for the telomerase catalytic subunit? a. The cells underwent more cell divisions than normal. b. The cells underwent fewer cell divisions than normal. c. The cells died almost immediately. d. The cells did not express the foreign telomerase gene. e. The cell cycle shortened.

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Master genes that affect development tend to be highly ____; therefore, similarities in patterns of embryonic development reflect shared ancestry that can be evolutionarily ancient.

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b. degraded
c. conserved
d. mutated
e. related

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