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#Question id: 1091


Why does testosterone, a lipid-soluble signaling molecule that crosses the membranes of all cells, affect only target cells?

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
  1. Only target cells retain the appropriate genes regulated by testosterone.

  2. Intracellular receptors for testosterone are present only in target cells.

  3. Only target cells possess the cytosolic enzymes that transduce the signal from testosterone to adenylyl cyclase.

  4. Only in target cells is testosterone able to initiate the phosphorylation cascade leading to activated transcription factor.

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#Question id: 8890

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

The larvae of many common tapeworm species that infect humans are usually found

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#Question id: 8891

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

While vacationing in a country that lacks adequate meat inspection, a student ate undercooked ground beef. Sometime later the student became easily fatigued, and lost body weight. At about the same time, whitish, flattened, rectangular objects full of small white spheres started appearing in his feces. Administration of niclosamide cured the problem. The student had probably been infected by a

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#Question id: 8892

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

Which of the following correctly characterizes the phylum Rotifera?

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#Question id: 8893

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

While sampling marine plankton in a lab, a student encounters large numbers of fertilized eggs. The student rears some of the eggs in the laboratory for further study and finds that the blastopore becomes the mouth. The embryo develops into a trochophore larva and eventually has a true coelom. These eggs probably belonged to a(n)

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#Question id: 8894

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

Which of the following is a shared characteristic of all chordates?

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#Question id: 8895

#Unit 9. Evolution & Diversity of Life Forms

What is one characteristic that separates chordates from all other animals?