Taq polymerase is a DNA polymerase enzyme that demonstrates maximal activity at 72oC. The organism from which this enzyme was isolated would most likely be classified as a:

psychrotroph
psychrophile
mesophile
thermophile
hyperthermophile


thermophile

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Eukaryotic cell nuclei contain genes that are

a. primarily of eukaryotic origin. b. primarily of archaebacterial origin. c. partly archaebacterial and partly eubacterial in origin. d. derived from neither archaebacterial nor eubacterial cells.

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a. true b. false

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After plant mitosis, the vesicles fuse into a flat __________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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