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#Question id: 1389


 Why has C. elegans proven to be a useful model for understanding apoptosis?

#SCPH28 | Zoology
  1. C. elegans does not naturally use apoptosis, but can be induced to do so in the laboratory.

  2. C. elegans undergoes a fixed and easy-to-visualize number of apoptotic events during its normal development.

  3. C. elegans has large cells wherein apoptosis is easily observed without the aid of a microscope.

  4. As C. elegans ages, its cells die progressively until the whole organism is dead.

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#Question id: 4954

#SCPH28 | Zoology

If natural selection in a particular environment favored genetic systems that permitted the production of daughter ʺcellsʺ that were genetically dissimilar from the mother ʺcells,ʺ then one should expect selection for

I. polynucleotide polymerase with low mismatch error rates.

II. polynucleotide polymerases without proofreading capability.

III. batteries of efficient polynucleotide repair enzymes.

IV. polynucleotide polymerases with proofreading capability.

V. polynucleotide polymerases with high mismatch error rates.

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#Question id: 4955

#SCPH06 I Botany

If relatively small carbonaceous chondrites from space were a significant source of Earthʹs original amino acids, then which two of these would have been most important in permitting their organic materials to survive impact with Earth?

I. Carbonaceous chondrites must contain no D-amino acids.

II. Earthʹs early atmosphere must have had little free oxygen.

III. The chondrites must have arrived on Earth before 4.2 billion years ago.

IV. Earthʹs early atmosphere must have been dense enough to dramatically slow the chondrites before they impacted.

V. The chondrites must have impacted land, rather than a large body of water.

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#Question id: 4955

#SCPH28 | Zoology

If relatively small carbonaceous chondrites from space were a significant source of Earthʹs original amino acids, then which two of these would have been most important in permitting their organic materials to survive impact with Earth?

I. Carbonaceous chondrites must contain no D-amino acids.

II. Earthʹs early atmosphere must have had little free oxygen.

III. The chondrites must have arrived on Earth before 4.2 billion years ago.

IV. Earthʹs early atmosphere must have been dense enough to dramatically slow the chondrites before they impacted.

V. The chondrites must have impacted land, rather than a large body of water.

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#Question id: 4956

#SCPH06 I Botany

Which measurement would help determine absolute dates by radiometric means?

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#Question id: 4956

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Which measurement would help determine absolute dates by radiometric means?

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#Question id: 4957

#SCPH06 I Botany

How many half-lives should have elapsed if 6.25% of the parent isotope remains in a fossil at the time of analysis?