The average synonymous substitution rate in mammalian mitochondrial genes is ________ the average rate for nuclear genes
A) 2 times
B) 5 times
C) 10 times
D) 50 times
E) 100 times
C
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A) segregation of cells to specific tissues B) paracellular transport C) embryonic development D) establishment of synaptic connections E) loss of activity associated with cancer
What situation below is best characterized as interference competition?
A. Cattle and deer grazing on the same grasses. B. Viruses that infect bird species. C. A barnacle living on the tail of a humpback whale. D. Insects that use rabbit warrens for shelter. E. A tiger that excludes other tigers from its territory.
Nearly two dozen different alleles for the same gene can determine eye color in fruit flies. This is an example of
A. multiple alleles. B. polygenic inheritance. C. pleiotropy. D. incomplete dominance.
Humans may become infected with ________ by inhaling aerosols of dried rodent excrement
A) influenza virus B) coronaviruses C) hantavirus D) West Nile virus E) Venezuelan encephalitis virus