Deoxyribose is

a. a five-carbon sugar.
b. present in RNA.
c. a nitrogen-containing base.
d. one type of purine.


c

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A. prophase. B. telophase. C. interphase. D. metaphase. E. anaphase.

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Part complete Identify the phase of mitosis, which ends when daughter chromosomes move to the centrioles at opposite poles of the cell.

a. metaphase b. prophase c. telophase d. interphase e. anaphase

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A) They are exchange reactions. B) They are ionization reactions. C) They occur when the reactants are dissolved in water. D) They are dissociation reactions. E) They are reversible reactions.

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In somatic cells, if a base is mismatched in one new daughter strand during DNA replication, and is not repaired, what fraction of the DNA duplexes will have a permanent change in the DNA sequence after the second round of DNA replication?

(a) 1/2 (b) 1/4 (c) 1/8 (d) 1/16

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