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#Question id: 11670


A primary reason that the kidneys have one of the highest metabolic rates of all body organs is that ________.

#I Life Science/ Life Sciences Group – I-V
  1. they have membranes of varying permeability to water
  2. they operate an extensive set of active-transport ion pumps
  3. they are the body's only means of shedding excess nutrients
  4. they have an abundance of myogenic smooth muscle
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#Question id: 4742

#SCPH28 | Zoology

In birds, sex is determined by a ZW chromosome scheme. Males are ZZ and females are ZW. A recessive lethal allele that causes death of the embryo is sometimes present on the Z chromosome in pigeons. What would be the sex ratio in the offspring of a cross between a male that is heterozygous for the lethal allele and a normal female?

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#Question id: 4743

#SCPH01 Biochemistry

Ectrodactyly is an autosomal dominant trait that causes missing middle fingers (lobster claw malformation). A grandfather and grandson both have ectrodactyly, but the intervening father has normal hands by x-ray. Which of the following terms applies to this family?

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#Question id: 4743

#SCPH06 I Botany

Ectrodactyly is an autosomal dominant trait that causes missing middle fingers (lobster claw malformation). A grandfather and grandson both have ectrodactyly, but the intervening father has normal hands by x-ray. Which of the following terms applies to this family?

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#Question id: 4743

#SCPH12 I Genetics

Ectrodactyly is an autosomal dominant trait that causes missing middle fingers (lobster claw malformation). A grandfather and grandson both have ectrodactyly, but the intervening father has normal hands by x-ray. Which of the following terms applies to this family?

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#Question id: 4743

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Ectrodactyly is an autosomal dominant trait that causes missing middle fingers (lobster claw malformation). A grandfather and grandson both have ectrodactyly, but the intervening father has normal hands by x-ray. Which of the following terms applies to this family?

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#Question id: 4744

#SCPH01 Biochemistry

Assume that long ear lobes in humans are an autosomal dominant trait that exhibits 50% penetrance. A person who is heterozygous for long ear lobes mates with a person who is homozygous for normal ear lobes. What is the probability that their first child will have long ear lobes.