What does a reviewer do during peer-review?
A) Change data to support results.
B) Repeat the experiments in the article.
C) Check for mistakes and bias.
D) Focus on mistakes in spelling.
Ans: C) Check for mistakes and bias.
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Molecular homologies indicate that living species evolved from a common ancestor or interrelated group of common ancestors. 2. Selective breeding results from programs designed to modify traits in domesticated species. 3. According to Thomas Malthus, food supplies tend to increase arithmetically while populations tend to increase exponentially, which means that populations will outgrow their food supply. 4. Neutral variation is supported by the observation that most changes in codons occur in the third position within the codon, which often has no effect on the sequence of amino acids in the protein.
Reinforcement would eventually
A. reduce the formation of hybrids. B. increase the fitness of hybrids. C. favor and therefore increase the formation of hybrids. D. have no effect on hybrid formation.
The subcutaneous infection known as ________ can produce a series of lesions spreading from the initial infection point resulting from the fungus' ability to invade the lymphatic vessels
A) aspergillosis B) candidiasis C) mycetoma D) sporotrichosis E) zygomycosis
A strain of Neisseria gonorrhea has a mutation which has caused it to lose the ability to produce fimbriae and become less virulent as a consequence. What function has this pathogen lost?
A) the ability to adhere to cells of the body B) the ability to move from one location in the body to another C) the ability to produce an endotoxin D) the ability to establish a latent infection E) the ability to prevent phagocytes killing it