With respect to microRNAs, which, if any, of the following statements, is FALSE?)

A. MicroRNA genes often occur in gene clusters within introns of protein-coding genes and are usually transcribed by RNA polymerase II.

B. Like an mRNA a miRNA is initially produced as a larger precursor RNA that, like the great majority of mRNAs, usually has a 5’ cap and a poly(A) tail.

C. MicroRNAs are produced by germ-line cells only.

D. A miRNA is initially produced as a duplex RNA but in order to work it needs to be converted into a single-strand RNA.

E. MicroRNAs usually work as transcription factors.

#Question id: 369

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

Calculate the pH of a 2.0 L solution containing 10 mL of 5 M acetic acid and 10 mL of 1 M sodium acetate. (pKa = 4.76)

#Question id: 5017

#SCPH06 I Botany

Arrange these events from earliest to most recent.

1.  emission of lava in what is now Siberia at time of Permian extinctions

2.  emission of lava that solidified at the same time as iron-bearing terrestrial rocks began to rust

3.  emission of lava that solidified at the same time as rusted iron precipitated from seawater

4.  emission of lava in what is now India at time of Cretaceous extinctions

#Question id: 326

#SCPH06 I Botany

Dispersion force’s interaction energy is proportional to (take “r” as the distance between the two particles) ___________

#Question id: 3549

#SCPH12 I Genetics

When a plant of chromosomal type aa pollinates plant of type AA, what is the chromosome constitution of embryo and endosperm is expected in the resulting seeds

#Question id: 422

#SCPH28 | Zoology

The flow of material through a reaction pathway usually depends on ________.