Present a detailed description of the actions of the regulatory proteins in inducible and repressible enzyme systems

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Inducible system: The repressor is normally active, but the inducer inactivates the repressor. Repressible system: The repressor is inactive, but is activated by the corepressor. Active repressors turn off transcription.

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Many species of ants "farm" aphids, protecting them from predation and collecting concentrated sugars (i.e. honeydew) from them. This type of ant/aphid relationship is known as

A. dispersive mutualism. B. defensive mutualism. C. parasitism. D. trophic mutualism. E. commensalism.

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How does the spiral valve within the shark intestine increase the efficiency of food digestion?

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Oxytocin is produced in the ___ and causes

___.

a. anterior pituitary--milk to move into mammary glands b. posterior pituitary--childbirth muscle contractions c. hypothalamus--childbirth muscle contractions d. hypothalamus--the fight or flight response e. anterior pituitary--glucose uptake by cells of the pancreas

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A rod-shaped bacterium’s length of 1.50 ?m can

also be expressed as a. 0.0015mm. b. 0.00015cm. c. 1.5x10-6m. d. 1.5x10-4cm. e. all of these.

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