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A 56-year-old female was diagnosed with a tumor near the base of the skull, impinging on her optic tract. Which of the following statements about the central visual pathway is correct?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The fibers from each temporal hemiretina decussate in the optic chiasm, so that the fibers in the optic tracts are those from the temporal half of one retina and the nasal half of the other
In the geniculate body, the fibers from the nasal half of one retina and the temporal half of the other synapse on the cells whose axons form the geniculocalcarine tract.
Layers 2 and 3 of the visual cortex contain clusters of cells called globs that contain a high concentration of cytochrome oxidase.
Complex cells have a preferred orientation of a linear stimulus and, compared to simple cells, are more dependent on the location of the stimulus within the visual field.

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In corn, three dominant alleles, called A, C, and R, must be present to produce colored seeds. Genotype A/–; C/– ; R/– is colored; all others are colorless. A colored plant AaCCRr is crossed with colorless plant aaCcRr. What proportional of offspring plant with colorless seed?

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

FISH is an in vitro assay that uses fluorescent reporter attached to a _______ that hybridizes to chromosomes.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following results would most likely be an immediate result of a growth factor binding to its receptor?

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Condition of basal level transcription (BLT);