Which of the following is NOT a criterion for an organism's genetic material?
A. The genetic material must contain information necessary to construct a whole organism.
B. The genetic material must be transmitted from parent to offspring.
C. To transmit information the genetic material must be replicated.
D. The genetic material must be dynamic, changing rapidly in response to changes in the environment.
E. Genetic material must account for the known variation within each species and among different species.
D. The genetic material must be dynamic, changing rapidly in response to changes in the environment.
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before damage and ABFEDCG after is an example of a. inversion. b. deletion. c. duplication. d. translocation. e. aneuploidy.
Asexually produced spores will result in offspring that ____
a. have no mating type b. are genetically distinct from the parent fungus c. are clones of the parent fungus d. have a different mating type from the parent fungus e. are unable to reproduce
In the Olestra potato chip experiment, the report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in
January 1998 indicated that ____.
a. Olestra potato chips cause cramping b. potato chips without Olestra cause cramping c. there was no evidence that Olestra caused cramping d. watching movies cause cramping e. people should not eat potato chips
The ability to acquire, store, transfer, or utilize energy is called:
a. biochemistry. b. photosynthesis. c. metabolism. d. respiration