A set-point mechanism for body weight should make it virtually impossible for an adult to:

(a) maintain a stable body weight
(b) gain large amounts of weight
(c) lose large amounts of weight
(d) both b and c


(d) both b and c

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voluntary control is the ___ nervous system.

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Bioinformatics provides database information to align proteins from novel sequences with known proteins.  If a new amino acid sequence does not match an existing sequence ________.

A. it is called an paralogue; the DNA that codes the ORF does not match any other organism in the database and the function is not known B. it is called an orthologue; the DNA that codes the ORF does not match any other organism in the database and the function is not known C. it is either a conserved hypothetical protein, i.e., the DNA matches genes in the database but they have no known function, or it is a protein of unknown function; the genes are unique to that organism D. it is either a protein of unknown function, i.e., the DNA matches genes in the database but they have no known function, or it is a conserved hypothetical protein; the genes are unique to that organism

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What will be an ideal response?

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The iron in a hemoglobin molecule is actually what binds the oxygen.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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