Explain the purpose of meiosis
What will be an ideal response?
Meiosis is a process that reduces the chromosomal content of a cell to a haploid state so that a daughter
can fuse with another haploid cell from a different member of the same species. This increases genetic
variation in the species.
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Cardiac muscle cells have gap junctions between adjacent cells. What is the function of those gap junctions?
A. They maintain isotonic conditions. B. They facilitate cell-cell adhesion. C. They are involved in cell-cell communication of the cells of the heart. D. They make nutrients, like glucose, readily available to the muscle cells of the entire heart.
The outer layer of the mammalian kidney is the ____, and the inner layer is the ____
A. cortex; medulla B. medulla; cortex C. nephron; medulla D. cortex; nephron E. nephron; renal pyramid
The sulfonamide antibiotics kill bacteria by
A) interfering with cell wall synthesis B) disrupting folic acid metabolism C) reacting with bacterial cell membranes D) inhibiting bacterial motility
What are the characteristics of an enzyme?
What will be an ideal response?