Please choose the answer that indicates the significance of E. coli O157:H7 to test your understanding of this organism.
A) It is the only strain of E. coli that produces the toxin that causes endotoxic shock.
B) It is the most common opportunistic pathogen in the hospital setting.
C) It has been linked to various forms of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
D) Its role in food-borne illness outbreaks has prompted random testing and required labeling of meat products.
D) Its role in food-borne illness outbreaks has prompted random testing and required labeling of meat products.
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You discover a new species in which DELLA and GID1 proteins are present, but in which they do not interact or influence growth. This organism might be (choose all that apply)
_____ a liverwort. _____ a lycophote. _____ a hornwort. _____ a moss. _____ an angiosperm.
After the publication of On the Origin of Species, the idea of evolution was generally accepted. What part of Darwin’s
theory of evolution, however, was fiercely debated?
a. natural selection b. environmental change c. gradual change d. the old age of the Earth e. limited resources
The tubular units that compose compact bone are called?
Polyploidy:a
may be the result of more than one sperm fertilizing an egg. b. is not lethal in humans. c. may be the result of the failure of a chromosome to separate during meiosis. d. can be due to nondisjunction for a chromosome. e. is the mechanism of dosage compensation