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#Question id: 412


All of the following contribute to the large, negative, free-energy change upon hydrolysis of “high-energy” compounds except:

#XL - S Microbiology
  1. electrostatic repulsion in the reactant.

  2. low activation energy of forward reaction.

  3. stabilization of products by extra resonance forms.

  4. stabilization of products by ionization.

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#Question id: 4951

#XL - T Zoology

The synthesis of new DNA requires the prior existence of oligonucleotides to serve as primers. On Earth, these primers are small RNA molecules. This latter observation is evidence in support of the hypothesized existence of

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#Question id: 4952

#XL - S Microbiology

Several scientific laboratories across the globe are involved in research concerning the origin of life on Earth. Which of these questions is currently the most problematic and would have the greatest impact on our understanding if we were able to answer it?

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#Question id: 4952

#XL - T Zoology

Several scientific laboratories across the globe are involved in research concerning the origin of life on Earth. Which of these questions is currently the most problematic and would have the greatest impact on our understanding if we were able to answer it?

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#Question id: 4954

#XL - S Microbiology

If natural selection in a particular environment favored genetic systems that permitted the production of daughter ʺcellsʺ that were genetically dissimilar from the mother ʺcells,ʺ then one should expect selection for

I. polynucleotide polymerase with low mismatch error rates.

II. polynucleotide polymerases without proofreading capability.

III. batteries of efficient polynucleotide repair enzymes.

IV. polynucleotide polymerases with proofreading capability.

V. polynucleotide polymerases with high mismatch error rates.

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#Question id: 4956

#XL - S Microbiology

Which measurement would help determine absolute dates by radiometric means?

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#Question id: 4956

#XL - T Zoology

Which measurement would help determine absolute dates by radiometric means?