A female fly, full of fertilized eggs, is swept by high winds to an island far out to sea. She is the first fly to arrive on this island, and the only fly to arrive in this way. Thousands of years later, her numerous offspring occupy the island, but none of them resembles her. There are, instead, several species each of which eats only a certain type of food. None of the species can fly, for their flight wings are absent, and their balancing organs (i.e., halteres) are now used in courtship displays. The male members of each species bear modified halteres that are unique in appearance to their species. Females bear vestigial halteres. The ranges of all of the daughter species overlap.In each fly species, the entire body segment that gave rise to the original flight wings is missing. The mutation(s) that led to the flightless condition could have

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#Question id: 15527

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

CD4 and CD8 T cells leave the thymus and enter the circulation as resting cells in which stage of the cell cycle?

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#Question id: 15526

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

If a thymocyte randomly generated a TCR with an affinity for MHC Class I, the TCR and CD8 would bind MHC Class I together, and generate a signal that specifically initiated a program that is 

a) silenced CD8 expression

b) silenced CD4 expression

c) induced expression of genes specific for helper T-cell lineage function

d) induced expression of genes specific for cytotoxic T-cell lineage function

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#Question id: 15525

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

In the instructive model, TCR/CD4 and TCR/CD8 coengagement generates unique signals, if a thymocyte randomly generated a TCR with an affinity for MHC Class I. which thymocyte would bind with MHC class I?

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#Question id: 15524

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

The bulk of DP thymocyte death (~95%) occurs among thymocytes that fail positive selection because 

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#Question id: 15523

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

The appearance of ϒδ thymocytes and αβ thymocytes during mouse fetal development. Fetal animals generate

a) more αβ T-cells than ϒδ T-cells

b) the proportion of ϒδ T-cells generated drops off dramatically after birth

c) the proportion of αβ T-cells generated drops off dramatically after birth

d) more ϒδ T-cells than αβ T cells

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#Question id: 15522

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Double negative selection do not apply on which type of T-cells?