What did Mendel experiment with to learn more about hereditary traits?

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Pea plants. Mendel experimented with pea plants with seven distinguishable characteristics. The pea plants were easy to fertilize and reproduced quickly. He allowed the selected pea plants to self-fertilize for several generations to ensure that they were true breeding plants that exhibited the same characteristics in every generation.

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You have 1 L of 2 mM uric acid. Conditions change in such a way that all the uric acid precipitates out of solution. What is the final osmolarity of your solution?

A. 2 mM B. 1 mM C. 1/2 mM D. 0 mM

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What is the difference between covalent and ionic bonds?

A) Covalent bonds involve the sharing of electrons, whereas ionic bonds involve the sharing of protons. B) Covalent bonds involve the attraction between slightly charged molecules, whereas ionic bonds involve the attraction between two fully charged ions. C) Covalent bonds involve the sharing of neutrons, whereas ionic bonds involve the attraction of slightly charged atoms. D) Covalent bonds involve the sharing of electrons, whereas ionic bonds involve the transfer of electrons from one atom to another.

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Leaf ____ in autumn is an adaptation for flowering plants to survive harsh winters in temperate climates

a. photosynthesis b. desiccation c. abscission d. production e. growth

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Imagine a researcher is trying to genetically engineer this virus so it attacks the lung cells of a human in order to "infect" the host with a particular gene to cure a genetic disorder. Explain which structure the researcher would be most interested in working with in order to get the virus to attack the lung cell of a human.

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