Are there any costs when asexual organisms reproduce automictically as opposed to apomictically?
a. Yes, recombination may disrupt coadapted gene complexes.
b. Yes, recombination is the cause of the twofold cost of sex.
c. No, both are forms of asexual reproduction.
d. No, recombination will produce better adapted individuals.
e. C and D.
A
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A. isotonic. B. hypertonic. C. hypotonic. D. osmosis.
Which of the following are characteristics of hydrogenosomes that distinguish them from mitochondria?
A. The inner membrane of hydrogenosomes is not highly folded. B. Hydrogenosomes have no DNA. C. Hydrogenosomes generate ATP by fermentation. D. All of the choices are correct.
Chromatin describes
a. only DNA. b. DNA and RNA. c. RNA only. d. DNA and associated proteins. e. proteins only in the nucleus.
Which method would best meet the need in generating GM plants if food crops were threatened by invasive insect species?
A) selective breeding B) CRSPR-cas C) agrobacterium-mediated technology D) biolistic methods