In DNA replication in E. coli, the enzyme primase is used to attach a 5 to 10 base ribonucleotide strand complementary to the parental DNA strand. The RNA strand serves as a starting point for the DNA polymerase that replicates the DNA. If a mutation occurred in the primase gene, which of the following results would you expect?

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following is a TRUE statement?

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A couple requests blood typing of their 2-year-old child (father AB, Rh-negative; mother B, Rhnegative). Results of hemagglutination assays of the child’s blood are shown in the next figure. Which of the following conclusions concerning the child’s parentage is valid?

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A 21-year-old female, blood type B, is undergoing surgery. Her platelet count is 75,000/μl. She will need platelet infusions before and during surgery. Which of the following blood types would be used to collect platelets that are compatible with the patient?

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following is TRUE concerning erythroblastosis fetalis (hemolytic disease of the newborn, HDN)?

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following will result in a transfusion reaction? Assume that the patient has never had a transfusion.

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A mother of blood type A+ who has always been perfectly healthy just delivered her second child. The father is of blood group O−. Knowing that the child is of blood group O− (O, Rh−), what would you expect to find in this child?