All of the following are characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus except
a. arises most commonly in adulthood.
b. caused by insensitivity of fat and muscle cells to insulin.
c. often associated with obesity.
d. the least common form of diabetes.
d. the least common form of diabetes.
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Which of the following steps is the third step of the mating-type switch mechanism?
A. A 3' single-stranded overhang is created. B. The MAT locus is cleaved by a specific nuclease to create a double-stranded break. C. Strand invasion of HMLa or HML? is mediated by Rad51. D. As the 3' invading end is extended by DNA polymerase, the HML locus information is copied, whereas the MAT gene information is degraded. E. When the extension has proceeded far enough, it dissociates and reanneals to its original strand.
If you worked at a factory that required shift work at night and you slept during the day, which hormone's production would be altered?
a. thyroid hormone b. melatonin c. calcitonin d. cortisol e. insulin
Since genes are expressed by coding for the production of individual proteins, do any proteins found appear to be under the control of any particular allele(s)?
a. Yes b. No
A tracheid is
A. a seed-bearing stem. B. a specialized vascular cell. C. a small branch of an insect trachea. D. a reproductive chamber. E. a gametophyte cell.