Glycoprotein coat (extracellular matrix) around the mammalian egg, synthesized and secreted by the growing oocyte, known as:

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#Question id: 33511

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Defects in the Mitochondria primarily causes

A. LHON

B. MERRF

C. Diabetes

D. Cancer

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#Question id: 33512

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Release of insulin from pancreatic B cells hinges on

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#Question id: 33513

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Which one of the following statements regarding mutations in the mitochondria during aging is INCORRECT?

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#Question id: 33514

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

The rate at which mammalian mitochondrial DNA accumulates mutations is 4% per million years and if mitochondrial genome is 16000 bp long then how many base pairs will be changed after 2 million years.

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#Question id: 33515

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

A. Mitochondrial genomes vary in total size by more than an order of magnitude. 

B. Animal cells have larger mitochondrial genomes. 

C. There are several hundred mitochondria per cell and each mitochondrion has multiple copies of the DNA. 

D. The total amount of mitochondrial DNA relative to nuclear DNA is small; it is estimated to be 10%.

Find correct order of true and false statements

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#Question id: 33516

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

human mitochondrial DNA is descended from a