Which of the following statements about rabies is incorrect?
A. Rabies is a zoonotic disease.
B. Symptoms include anxiety, agitation, muscle spasms, convulsions, and paralysis.
C. Wild populations of bats, skunks, raccoons, cats, and canines are primary reservoirs.
D. Transmission can involve bites, scratches, and inhalation.
E. The average incubation period in human is 1 week.
Answer: E
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A. They can increase the solute concentration in their roots creating a water potential that is more negative than the soil. B. They can close their stomata so that less water is lost through transpiration. C. They can open all their stomata so that transpiration "pulls" more water into the roots. D. They can pump ions out of the plant creating a water potential in the roots that is more positive than the soil. E. They can remove the mycorrhizal fungi from their roots decreasing the competition for water.
In which stage do chromosomes align at the equator?
What will be an ideal response?
A proto-oncogene that gains function due to amplification, translocation to a more transcriptionally active area of the genome, or a mutation that causes either an increase in function or the suppression of down-regulation, is
A) a pseudo-oncogene. B) recessive. C) dominant. D) an oncogene. E) C and D only