An inherited disease results from abnormal mitochondria passed from mother to child. Using your knowledge of mitochondria's function within human cells, which statement is the most likely description of the symptoms of this disease?
A) extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet light, resulting in skin cancer at a very young age
B) inability to absorb iron, resulting in extreme anemia
C) extreme muscle weakness
D) fragile bones and arthritis
E) color-blindness
C) extreme muscle weakness
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Which of the following type of organism is always multicellular?
A. animals only B. plants only C. archae only D. prokaryotes only E. both animals and plants
From DNA x-ray diffraction data, it was determined that _____
a. the amount of adenine equaled the amount of thymine b. different species have different proportions of adenine and guanine c. nitrogen containing bases were arranged on the outside of the double helix structure d. the shape of the molecule could be a double helix e. the backbone of the double helix was held together by hydrogen bonds
Which of the following is not caused by Haemophilus influenzae?
What will be an ideal response?
The anaerobic breakdown of glucose is called
A) phosphorylation. B) the Krebs cycle. C) chemiosmosis. D) fermentation. E) cellular respiration.