Bison are a ________ species in the prairie, helping to maintain the grasses, opening water holes and wallows, and creating the ecological framework for the prairie ecosystem

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


keystone

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Red-green color blindness is a sex-linked recessive trait in humans. If a non-carrier female (homozygous for the nonmutant allele) mated with an affected man, what would be the expected outcome(s)?

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CD4+ T cells are activated by

A) interaction between CD4+ and MHC II. B) interaction between TCRs and MHC II. C) cytokines released by dendritic cells. D) cytokines released by B cells. E) complement.

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