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#Question id: 28044


Which one of the following is INCORRECT about protein structures?

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology
  1. A protein fold is stabilized by favorable noncovalent interactions
  2. All parts of a fold can be classified only as helices, or turns
  3. Two non-covalent atoms cannot be closer than the sum of their van der Waals radii
  4. The peptide bond is nearly planar
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#Question id: 8707

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Use the figure to answer the following question


The phylogenetic tree shown ________.

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#Question id: 8708

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Concerning growth in genome size over evolutionary time, which of these is least associated with the others?

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#Question id: 8709

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Eukaryotes that are not closely related and that do not share many anatomical similarities can still be placed together on the same phylogenetic tree by comparing their ________.

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#Question id: 8710

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

A phylogenetic tree constructed using sequence differences in mitochondrial DNA would be most valid for discerning the evolutionary relatedness of ________.

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#Question id: 8712

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

The lakes of northern Minnesota are home to many similar species of damselflies of the genus Enallagma. These species have apparently undergone speciation from ancestral stock since the last glacial retreat about 10 thousand years ago. Sequencing which of the following would probably be most useful in sorting out evolutionary relationships among these closely related species?

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#Question id: 8713

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Which statement represents the best explanation for the observation that the nuclear DNA of wolves and domestic dogs has a very high degree of sequence homology? Dogs and wolves ________.