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#Question id: 7263

Following statements are regarding to the drosophila.

 A. At the completion of oogenesis, the bicoid message is anchored at the anterior end of the oocyte and the nanos message is tethered to the posterior end in translationally dormant condition.

 B. The translation inhibitors Smaug and CUP. Smaug binds to the 3’UTR of both bicoid and nanos mRNA and recruits the CUP protein that prevents the association of the message with the ribosome as well as recruiting other proteins that deadenylate the message and target it for degradation.

 C. The bicoid-Exuperantia complex is transported out of the nurse cells and into the oocyte via microtubules (Kinesin ATPase).

 D. Two other maternally provided mRNAs—caudal and hunchback are critical for patterning the anterior and posterior regions of the body plan, respectively.

 Which of the following combination is correct?

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. A and B
  2. B and C
  3. C and D

  4. A and C

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#Question id: 9169

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

In areas of permafrost, stands of black spruce are frequently observed in the landscape, while other tree species are noticeably absent. Often these stands are referred to as "drunken forests" because many of the black spruce often "lean over" (that is, they are displaced from their normal vertical alignment). What is the most likely explanation for the unusual growth of these forests in this marginal habitat?
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#Question id: 12480

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A patient’s one remaining kidney has moderate renal artery stenosis that reduces renal artery pressure distal to the stenosis to 85 mm Hg, compared with the normal level of 100 mm Hg. Which of the following is most likely decreased in this patient 2 weeks after the stenosis has occurred, assuming that his diet is unchanged?
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#Question id: 2968

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

What is the name of the microtubule-organizing center found in animal cells as an identifiable structure present during all phases of the cell cycle?
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#Question id: 15820

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Your friends Ben and Jane are contemplating having children and seek your genetic counsel. Ben and Jane are unrelated, but both have younger brothers with the same, extremely rare genetic trait. (In fact, Ben and Jane met at a support group meeting for children and families of children with this rare disorder.) Ben’s parents and Jane’s parents are all unaffected.          
Assume that the trait is autosomal recessive with complete penetrance. What is the probability that Ben and Jane’s first child will be affected with the trait? If not affected, what is the probability that the child is a carrier?
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#Question id: 5695

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Triploids are usually autopolyploids. They arise spontaneously in nature, but they can be constructed by geneticists from the cross of a 4n (tetraploid) and a 2n (diploid). Triploids are characteristically sterile due to