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#Question id: 4131

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (amino acid activating enzymes):

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

  1. “recognize” specific tRNA molecules and specific amino acids.

  2. in conjunction with another enzyme attach the amino acid to the tRNA.

  3. interact directly with free ribosomes.

  4. occur in multiple forms for each amino acid.

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#Question id: 8908

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

According to one hypothesis, the jaws of vertebrates were derived by the modification of
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#Question id: 8840

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

There are at least a dozen known species in the extinct genus Lystrosaurus. If each species was suited to a quite different environment, then this relatively large number of species is likely due to
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#Question id: 8903

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Terry detaches the snakelike organism from the fish and uses a knife to cut off its head. In doing so, its brain slides out onto the deck of the boat. Terry peers into the cut end of the head and notices that the brain had lain in a sort of pan-like structure that only partially surrounded the brain. What is the structure Terry is observing, and what is it made of?
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#Question id: 8900

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Which of the following statements about craniates is (are) correct?
1. Craniates are more highly cephalized than are non-craniates.
2. Craniatesʹ genomic evolution includes duplication of clusters of genes that code for transcription factors.
3. The craniate clade is synonymous with the vertebrate clade.
4. Pharyngeal slits that can assist in gas exchange originated in craniates,
5. The two-chambered heart originated with the early craniates.
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#Question id: 8899

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

A new species of aquatic chordate is discovered that closely resembles an ancient form. It has the following characteristics: external armor of bony plates, no paired lateral fins, and a suspension-feeding mode of nutrition. In addition to these, it will probably have which of the following characteristics?
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#Question id: 8893

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

While sampling marine plankton in a lab, a student encounters large numbers of fertilized eggs. The student rears some of the eggs in the laboratory for further study and finds that the blastopore becomes the mouth. The embryo develops into a trochophore larva and eventually has a true coelom. These eggs probably belonged to a(n)