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#Question id: 5205

Why is it preferable to use large computers and databases in searching for individual genes, rather than testing each sequence for possible function?

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Testing for function would require too many cells.
Testing for function would require knowing the species, its life stage, and its phylogeny.
Testing for function would require knowing where a particular gene starts and ends and how it is regulated.
Use of computer databases is intellectually less rigorous.

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In a plant, height is control by three quantitative trait loci. Each dominant additive allele is contributing 3 cm height in plant. Maximum expected plant height is 20 cm. What is minimum expected height?

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#Question id: 671

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which was a major scientific accomplishment by Linus Pauling?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The principle of competitive exclusion states that

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

The total magnification of a microscope is calculated by: