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#Question id: 5841

How are the BRCA proteins and their genes implicated in breast cancer?

#8. Inheritance Biology

  1. The BRCA proteins damage DNA by generating double-stranded breaks which can lead to cancer.

  2. Cells become more susceptible to damage if the genes for these proteins are damaged.

  3. BRCA proteins inhibit excision repair mechanisms.

  4. BRCA proteins initiate recombination between non-homologous DNA sequences.

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#Question id: 7700

#9. Diversity of Life Forms

The legless condition that is observed in several groups of extant reptiles is the result of ________.
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#Question id: 5020

#11. Evolution and Behavior

Dicynodonts survived the Permian extinction and, therefore, existed during both the
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#Question id: 23525

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Biodiversity is an abbreviation of
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#Question id: 19470

#12. Applied Biology

From where did this GOX gene has been isolated from and expressed in transgenic plants?
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#Question id: 3276

#11. Evolution and Behavior

Which of these conditions are always true of populations evolving due to natural selection?

Condition 1: The population must vary in traits that are heritable.

Condition 2: Some heritable traits must increase reproductive success.

Condition 3: Individuals pass on most traits that they acquire during their lifetime.