Terry detaches the snakelike organism from the fish and uses a knife to cut off its head. In doing so, its brain slides out onto the deck of the boat. Terry peers into the cut end of the head and notices that the brain had lain in a sort of pan-like structure that only partially surrounded the brain. What is the structure Terry is observing, and what is it made of?

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#Unit 12. Applied Biology

In India, a consortium of bacterial species has been developed to combat oil spills and oily sludge; the inoculant is aptly called 

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The recessive mutant allele that causes cystic fibrosis is much more frequent in Caucasians population than in other world populations. Some scientists believe heterozygotes must have had a survival advantage during plagues such as cholera that occasionally swept through this population. What concept does this illustrate?

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Why might it be easier to determine the bacterium that caused pneumonia than one that caused a wound infection?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is decreasing order of NPP per unit area of different ecosystem?

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Which of the following statements about evolution is NOT true?