The term applied to a morphogenetic process whereby cells extend themselves, making the mass of the cells narrower and wider, is ________.

#Question id: 15310

#XL - S Microbiology

#Question id: 5739

#XL - T Zoology

Polyploid plants found in nature usually have even numbers of chromosomes because organisms having odd numbers

#Question id: 2074

#XL - S Microbiology

In some cells, there are many ion electrochemical gradients across the plasma membrane even though there are usually only one or two proton pumps present in the membrane. The gradients of the other ions are most likely accounted for by:

#Question id: 2233

#XL - Q Biochemistry

Membrane proteins may interact with biomembranes through

a. covalently attached fatty acid molecules.

b. covalently attached lipid molecules.

c. noncovalent protein-protein interactions.

d. hydrophobic α-helical domains.

e. noncovalent protein-lipid interactions.

#Question id: 4954

#XL - S Microbiology

If natural selection in a particular environment favored genetic systems that permitted the production of daughter ʺcellsʺ that were genetically dissimilar from the mother ʺcells,ʺ then one should expect selection for

I. polynucleotide polymerase with low mismatch error rates.

II. polynucleotide polymerases without proofreading capability.

III. batteries of efficient polynucleotide repair enzymes.

IV. polynucleotide polymerases with proofreading capability.

V. polynucleotide polymerases with high mismatch error rates.