A class of mutations that results in multiple contiguous (side-by-side) amino acid changes in proteins is probably caused by which one of the following types of mutations?
A) base analog B) transversion C) recombinant D) frameshift E) transition
D
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Information processing that suggests thinking.
Choose the letter of the best match: A. cognition B. waggle dance C. navigation D. filial imprinting E. fixed action pattern
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1.The type of animal behavior that is inborn and does not require experience or learning to be performed correctly is innate behavior. 2.Imprinting is a kind of rapid learning that occurs only during a restricted time, early in the life of an animal. 3.In almost all cases, innate and learned behaviors are determined by both genetics and environment. 4.The scientific study of animal behavior is ethology. 5.If an individual reduces its own fitness for the survival of and reproduction of nondescendant relatives is termed kin selection.
Refer to Table 8.2. What is the sequence of amino acids encoded by the following sequence of bases in a strand of DNA?
A) leucine-arginine-lysine-alanine B) asparagine-arginine-lysine-alanine C) asparagine-cysteine-valine-serine D) Translation would stop at the first codon. E) The answer cannot be determined based on the information provided.
Which of the following is NOT a general characteristic of protists?
a. nutritionally diverse b. heterotrophic c. eukaryotic d. multicellular