Membrane sterols such as cholesterol function in animal cell membranes to ____

a. increase the rate of diffusion
b. store cellular energy
c. facilitate ion transport
d. maintain membrane fluidity
e. receive chemical signals


D

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a. Cnidaria b. Parazoa c. Platyhelminthes d. Mollusca

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________ forests typically grow in the intertidal zone of tropical coasts where wave action is absent, sediments accumulate, and the muds are anoxic

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The reason that linked genes are inherited together is that

A) they are located on the same chromosome. B) the number of genes in a cell is greater than the number of chromosomes. C) chromosomes are unbreakable. D) alleles are paired. E) genes align that way during metaphase I.

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