Name the enzyme which separates the double-helical DNA into single strands.

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#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

The number of legs an insect has, the number of vertebrae in a vertebral column, or the number of joints in a digit (such as a finger) are all strongly influenced by

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#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

What do animals as diverse as corals and monkeys have in common?

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#Question id: 8917

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The Hox genes came to regulate each of the following in what sequence, from earliest to most recent?

1. identity and position of paired appendages in protostome embryos

2. formation of water channels in sponges

3. anterior-posterior orientation of segments in protostome embryos

4. positioning of tentacles in cnidarians

5. anterior-posterior orientation in vertebrate embryos

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#Question id: 8918

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In individual insects of some species, whole chromosomes that carry larval genes are eliminated from the genomes of somatic cells at the time of metamorphosis. A consequence of this occurrence is that

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#Question id: 8919

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

The last common ancestor of all animals was probably a

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#Question id: 8921

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Evidence of which structure or characteristic would be most surprising to find among fossils of the Ediacaran fauna?