Multiple forms of a gene are referred to as _________________.
A) traits
B) alleles
C) characters
D) dominant alleles
Ans: B) alleles
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Gramicidin is an antibiotic that increases the permeability of bacterial cell walls to inorganic ions. What is the most likely mode of action of gramicidin?
A) It acts by active transport. B) It causes membranes to fuse with one another. C) It forms a channel in the membrane. D) It removes electrical charges from solutes.
“Prebiotic soup” refers to ____
a. the interior contents of protocells b. the cytoplasm of early prokaryotic cells c. the mix of gases in the atmosphere that gave rise to the first organic molecules d. the polymerized slime coating ancient clay particles e. the accumulation of organic molecules that formed in the oceans before there was life on Earth
____, the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes, shorten with every cell division
a. Centromeres b. Telomeres c. Kinetochores d. Primosomes e. Nucleosomes
We can be sure that a mole of table sugar and a mole of vitamin C are equal in their
A) mass. B) volume. C) number of atoms. D) number of molecules.