Why is fever the universal result of endotoxin exposure?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Endotoxins stimulate host cells to release cytokines that act as proteins that affect the temperature-controlling center of the brain, causing fever.

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The proteome refers to the collection of open reading frames in a genome.

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

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Which of the following would be considered to be a synapomorphy of conifers and flowering plants?

Given the following list of characteristics:



A. Chlorophylls a & b.
B. Vascular tissue.
C. Seeds.
D. Flowers.
E. Both chlofophyls a & b and vascular tissue.

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The process illustrated in Figure 3-1 is called:a

condensation. b. protein synthesis. c. hydrolysis. d. dehydration synthesis. e. denaturation

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Snapdragons have incomplete dominance of the red and white alleles. What will be the phenotypes and ratios of the F2 generation?

a. 50% white, 50% red b. 25% white, 25% red, 50% pink c. 100% pink d. 100% red

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