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#Question id: 2109


A phospholipid bilayer with equal amounts of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids displays a specific permeability to glucose. What effect will increasing the proportion of unsaturated fatty acids in the bilayer have on the membrane's permeability to glucose?

#XL - S Microbiology
  1. Permeability to glucose will increase.

  2. Permeability to glucose will decrease.

  3. Permeability to glucose will stay the same.

  4. Permeability will decrease initially then increase as the bilayer fills with glucose.

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#Question id: 4907

#XL - T Zoology

Two corn plants are studied. One is resistant (R) and the other is susceptible (S) to a certain pathogenic fungus. The following crosses are made, with the results shown

R male X S female = all S progeny

R female X S male = all R progeny

Which of the following are correct about inheritance?

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#Question id: 4907

#XL - R Botany

Two corn plants are studied. One is resistant (R) and the other is susceptible (S) to a certain pathogenic fungus. The following crosses are made, with the results shown

R male X S female = all S progeny

R female X S male = all R progeny

Which of the following are correct about inheritance?

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#Question id: 4908

#XL - T Zoology

Shell coiling of the snail is maternal effect phenotype control by S gene, where S Dextral is dominant over s sinistral. If snail sinistral coiled shell, which of the following statement is true

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#Question id: 4909

#XL - T Zoology

A pattern of transmission where all offspring have the same phenotype as their mother is consistent with which type of non-Mendelian inheritance?

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#Question id: 4909

#XL - R Botany

A pattern of transmission where all offspring have the same phenotype as their mother is consistent with which type of non-Mendelian inheritance?

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#Question id: 4910

#XL - R Botany

For a trait known to be caused by a mitochondrial gene variant, there may be an occasional female that can transmit different phenotypes to her progeny on an apparently random basis. What situation might you suspect?