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#Question id: 8689


Which of the following statements best describes the rationale for applying the principle of maximum parsimony in constructing phylogenetic trees?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. Parsimony allows the researcher to "root" the tree.
  2. Similarity due to common ancestry should be more common than similarity due to convergent evolution.
  3. The molecular clock validates the principle of parsimony.
  4. The outgroup roots the tree, allowing the principle of parsimony to be applied.
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#Question id: 997

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Complete oxidation of 1 mole of which fatty acid would yield the most ATP?

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#Question id: 996

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which of the following is (are) true of the oxidation of 1 mol of palmitate (a 16-carbon saturated fatty acid; 16:0) by the B-oxidation pathway, beginning with the free fatty acid in the cytoplasm?

1. Activation of the free fatty acid requires the equivalent of two ATPs.

2. Inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) is produced.

3. Carnitine functions as an electron acceptor.

4. 8 mol of FADH2 are formed.

5. 8 mol of acetyl-CoA are formed.

6. There is no direct involvement of NAD+.

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#Question id: 995

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Saturated fatty acids are degraded by the stepwise  reactions of B oxidation, producing acetyl-CoA. Under aerobic conditions, how many ATP molecules would be produced as a consequence of removal of each acetyl-CoA?

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#Question id: 994

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

If the 16-carbon saturated fatty acid palmitate is oxidized completely to carbon dioxide and water (via the B-oxidation pathway and the citric acid cycle), and all of the energy-conserving products are used to drive ATP synthesis in the mitochondrion, the net yield of ATP per molecule of palmitate is:

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#Question id: 993

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

What is the correct order of function of the following enzymes of beta oxidation?

1. B-Hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase

2. Thiolase

3. Enoyl-CoA hydratase

4. Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase

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#Question id: 812

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which of the following is not known to be involved in the process of assisted folding of proteins?