The ability of some organisms to compensate for temperature changes by altering the lipid composition of membrane lipids is known as
A) homeoviscous adaptation.
B) ectothermic adaptation.
C) kleptothermic adaptation.
D) A and B only
E) none of the above
A) homeoviscous adaptation.
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the myelin sheath cells. What occurs as a result of the destruction of these cells?
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