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#Question id: 8913


The larvae of some insects are merely small versions of the adult, whereas the larvae of other insects look completely different from adults, eat different foods, and may live in different habitats. Which of the following most directly favors the evolution of the latter, more radical, kind of metamorphosis?

#I Life Science/ Life Sciences Group – I-V
  1. natural selection of sexually immature forms of insects
  2. changes in the homeobox genes governing early development
  3. the evolution of meiosis
  4. B and C only
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#Question id: 3680

#SCPH28 | Zoology

If DNA polymerase I were mutated so that all its enzymatic activities were inactive, which part of replication would be most affected?

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#Question id: 3681

#SCPH01 Biochemistry

 A mutated E. coli cell carries out and completes DNA replication, but the lagging strands are found to contain more errors than normal. These errors are not found evenly distributed throughout the lagging strands, but are found in clusters. Which enzymatic activity is missing from this cell?

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#Question id: 3681

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

 A mutated E. coli cell carries out and completes DNA replication, but the lagging strands are found to contain more errors than normal. These errors are not found evenly distributed throughout the lagging strands, but are found in clusters. Which enzymatic activity is missing from this cell?

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#Question id: 3681

#SCPH06 I Botany

 A mutated E. coli cell carries out and completes DNA replication, but the lagging strands are found to contain more errors than normal. These errors are not found evenly distributed throughout the lagging strands, but are found in clusters. Which enzymatic activity is missing from this cell?

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#Question id: 3681

#SCPH28 | Zoology

 A mutated E. coli cell carries out and completes DNA replication, but the lagging strands are found to contain more errors than normal. These errors are not found evenly distributed throughout the lagging strands, but are found in clusters. Which enzymatic activity is missing from this cell?

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#Question id: 3682

#SCPH01 Biochemistry

A mutated strain of E. coli replicates DNA normally at 25°C, but replication stops immediately when the temperature is raised to 37°C. Which protein is likely to be non-functional at the higher temperature?