What is the probable sequence in which the following clades of animals originated, from earliest to most recent?

1. tetrapods

2. vertebrates

3. deuterostomes

4. amniotes

5. bilaterians

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#Question id: 13204

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Many of the carriers of Sucrose–H+ symporters in the phloem play various role in transport, most of the transporters are found in source, path, and sink tissues. Some carriers are characterized such as;

a) SUT1, has high-affinity / low-capacity transporter found in the minor veins of source tissues, appears to be important in phloem loading.

b) Important role of SUT1 in phloem loading appears to be complemented by SUT4, which is low-affinity/high-capacity carrier

c) SUT2, appears to function as a sucrose sensor. This is indicated by findings showing that SUT2 is more highly expressed in sink and path tissues than in source leaves.

d) The major sucrose transporters in phloem loading into the companion cells and final uptake into companion cells appears to be the function of SUT4

Which of the following combination is correct?

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The purpose of the GTP cap on mRNA is __.

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

FOXP1 is a transcription factor which stimulate the production of Oct4 and Nanog and establish pluripotency. Which of the following statements are correct regarding to the mechanism of alternative splicing of FOXP1. 

A. There are two isoforms of the FoxP1 protein, One is the product of an mRNA spliced to include a particular exon, 18b, while the other splicing variant carries exon 18a.

B. When alternative splicing generates a form including exon 18b in place of 18a, the resulting isoform (FOXP1-ES) binds to a different DNA sequence and thus controls expression of a different set of genes.

C. The protein encoded by the exon 18b– carrying mRNA is called FOXP1-ES it fails to stimulate expression of OCT4 and NANOG and instead actives genes that promote differentiation. 

D. The exon 18a– containing form encodes FOXP1 itself, and this has the opposite effect: this activates genes that promote dedifferentiation, and thus stimulates iPS cell formation.

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Which of the following myosin is responsible for Organelle transport?

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

According to Models of termination: torpedo and allosteric, which one is now the favored and why;

A. The Rat1 enzyme is very processive and quickly degrades the RNA in a 5’ -to-3’ direction, until it catches up to the still-transcribing polymerase from which the RNA is being spewed.

B. Termination depends on a conformational change in the elongating polymerase that reduces the processivity of the enzyme leading to spontaneous termination soon afterward.