Researchers often work with temperature-sensitive mutations ________, because null alleles of these genes create mutants that cannot grow under any conditions.
A) that confer antibiotic resistance
B) in essential genes
C) that affect colony morphology
D) that affect metabolism
B) in essential genes
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a. sterols; cholesterol b. ergosterol; sterols c. cholesterol; ergosterol d. sitosterol; sterols
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The trachea is located behind the esophagus.
a. true b. false
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Contact lens cleaners commonly use which type of chemical agent to control microbial growth?
A) alkylating agents B) peroxygen C) quats D) supercritical fluid
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What two major types of recombination involve exchange between duplex DNAs?
What will be an ideal response?
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