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#Question id: 1040

Why might it be easier to determine the bacterium that caused pneumonia than one that caused a wound infection?

#SCPH06 I Botany

  1. There are very few microorganisms that can cause pneumonia, while there are many that can cause wound infections.

  2. Bacteria that cause pneumonia can be identified with few tests. Many bacteria are normally found on the skin and may be in the wound complicationg indentification of the pathogen.

  3. We have much better tests for bacteria in the lungs than we do in wounds.

  4. The techniques of 16S rRNA sequencing are easier to perform on a sample taken from the lungs than a sample taken from a wound.

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#Question id: 3286

#SCPH06 I Botany

 In a human population, the gene frequencies of the alleles for the ABO system are as follows:

A = 29%                         B = 7%                                    0=64%

Assuming complete random mating and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium,

What are the blood type A frequencies in this population?
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#Question id: 1418

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology

Apoptosis can be induced by a mitochondrial protein being released into the cytosol. This protein binds directly to what in the cytosol?
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#Question id: 3653

#SCPH06 I Botany

Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers are formed by -------------from adjacent pyrimidines on one strand by cyclization of the double-bonded C5 and C6carbon atoms of each base to give a cyclobutane ring.
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#Question id: 5531

#SCPH28 | Zoology

The trophoblast forms to the
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#Question id: 8863

#SCPH06 I Botany

Which class of the phylum Cnidaria includes ʺjelliesʺ with rounded (as opposed to boxlike) medusae?