Following statements are being made regarding conditional specification –

A. The process by which cells achieve their respective fates by interacting with other cells.

B. the cell “knows” very early what it is to become without interacting with other cells.

C. The critical factors that control cell fate are present and differentially segregated in the cytoplasm of these cells.

D. a cell becomes is specified by the array of interactions it has with its neighbors, which may include cell-to-cell contacts (juxtacrine factors), secreted signals (paracrine factors).

Which of the above statements are correct?

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The polymer trapping model explains that, Plasmodesmata between the  Bundle sheath cell  and intermediary cells must be smaller that allows only selective sugar to diffuse from this Plasmodesmata such as;

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Pathogen host interaction consisting of different phases referred to as

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#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which of the following is correct for a step in a reaction pathway to serve as a control point

A) irreversible  B) endergonic  C) far from equilibrium

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Specific immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice can be transferred to naive histocompatible recipients by:

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#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Philippe Bouchet and colleagues conducted a massive survey of marine molluscs on the west coast of New Caledonia. For 20% of the total species that were located and identified, only a single specimen was found. What does that suggest about the diversity of molluscs in this area?