Viruses that infect bacteria are specifically called _____.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Bacteriophages
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1.The first step in germination of a plant seed is the absorption of water. 2.Jasmonic acid is a plant hormone that activates a plant's defenses against predators. 3.Abscisic acid is a plant hormone that activates a plant's defenses against predators. 4.Cytokinins are plant hormones that stimulate the ripening of fruit. 5.A farmer might use gibberellins to stimulate stem elongation in plants, thereby increasing the crop yield in some plants.
In order to synthesize proteins, a virus with a genome comprised of single-stranded negative-sense RNA
A. must use its negative-sense strand as a template to make a positive-sense RNA. B. must use DNA polymerase to make a positive-sense DNA strand first. C. must use reverse transcriptase to make a negative-sense DNA strand first. D. can directly translate its negative-sense RNA strand into proteins.
Give several examples of in situ and ex situ conservation. What are advantages and disadvantages of
each approach to conservation? What will be an ideal response?
In all deuterostomes, the cells divide parallel to and at right angles to the polar axis. This pattern is called ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).