If carrier testing determines that one parent is a heterozygous carrier of an autosomal recessive genetic defect, while the other parent is not a carrier, then the fetus has a(n) ____________________ % chance of being affected
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0
zero
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The group of white blood cells that lacks visible granules in the cytoplasm is called ________. Included in this group are monocytes and lymphocytes
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Compared to mammals and reptiles, what characteristic prevents amphibians from surviving far from water?
A) Their limbs are too weak to support their weight on land. B) They do not have any lungs and cannot breathe out of the water. C) Their eggs do not have an amnion which prevents them from drying out. D) Their cartilaginous endoskeleton would dry out on land.
A hypothesis is best described as
A. a general principle. B. a logical explanation that can be tested. C. a theory. D. a generally accepted concept.
In the 1940s, some physicians prescribed low doses of a drug called dinitrophenol (DNP) to help patients lose weight. This unsafe drug was quickly abandoned after a few patients died
DNP affects cells by uncoupling the chemiosmotic machinery and making the inner mitochondrial membrane "leaky" to hydrogen ions. Explain how DNP caused weight loss and, ultimately, death in these dieters.