Why has C. elegans proven to be a useful model for understanding apoptosis?
A) The animal does not naturally use apoptosis, but can be induced to do so in the laboratory.
B) The nematode undergoes a fixed and easy-to-visualize number of apoptotic events during its normal development.
C) This plant has a long-studied aging mechanism that has made understanding its death just a last stage.
D) While the organism ages, its cells die progressively until the whole organism is dead.
B
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A. plasmid B. viral vector C. fungal vector D. plasmid and viral vector E. viral vector and fungal vector
Neutrophils are the second phagocytic cell to respond to an infection
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
For which of the following diseases would animal models likely yield the most information?
a. alcoholism b. schizophrenia c. bipolar disorder d. Huntington disease e. nicotine addition
A three-base sequence (loop) in tRNA that is complementary to a three-base sequence in mRNA is
A. a codon B. an anticodon C. a promoter D. a terminator E. an amino acid attachment site