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#Question id: 8704


To apply the principle of maximum parsimony to construction of a phylogenetic tree, ________.

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. choose the tree that assumes all evolutionary changes are equally probable
  2. choose the tree in which the branch points are based on as many shared derived characters as possible
  3. choose the tree that represents the fewest evolutionary changes, either in DNA sequences or morphology
  4. choose the tree with the fewest branch points
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#Question id: 1121

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following provides the best evidence that cell-signaling pathways evolved early in the history of life?

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#Question id: 1122

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

In endocrine signaling, the signaling molecule.

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#Question id: 1123

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Epinephrine can be what kind of signaling molecule?

a. autocrine      b. direct contact  c. endocrine d. paracrine

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#Question id: 1124

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following is (are) intracellular second messengers?

a. Ca2+                        b. cAMP          c. epinephrine             

d. protein kinase A      e. protein kinase C

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#Question id: 1125

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Examples of G protein–coupled receptors include

a. rhodopsin receptor.             b. β-adrenergic receptor.

c. insulin receptor.                   d. acetylcholine receptor.

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#Question id: 1126

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true of the α subunit of a G protein?

a. It physically associates with the receptor.              

b. It binds GDP.

c. It binds GTP.                     

d. It is a transmembrane protein.