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Male honeybees are haploid (n) while the females are diploid (2n) .Based on this information,which of the following are true statements?


A) A single set of chromosomes is sufficient to code for a functional individual.
B) As compared to a female,a male honeybee has half the amount of DNA.
C) As compared to the females,male honeybees have twice the number of chromosomes.
D) Only A and B are true.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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What occurs in anaphase?


A) Centrioles move to opposite poles.
B) Chromatids are separated and move to opposite poles.
C) Chromosomes line up along the equator of the dividing cell.
D) The nuclear envelope disappears.
E) The nuclear envelope is constructed.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The purpose of therapeutic cloning is


A) to produce an individual to the donor of the nucleus.
B) to produce specialized tissue cells.
C) to stimulate cells that have been arrested in the S phase.
D) None of the answer choices are correct.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following is/are true statements about mitosis? Select all that apply.


A) Animal cells,but not plant cells,have centrioles.
B) Both plant and animal cells undergo cytokinesis.
C) Mitosis is the process by which both plants and animals grow in size.
D) Animal cells form a cell plate during cytokinesis while plant cells form a cleavage furrow and then pinch into two daughter cells.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What phase of mitosis is pictured? What phase of mitosis is pictured?   A) prophase B) prometaphase C) metaphase D) anaphase E) telophase


A) prophase
B) prometaphase
C) metaphase
D) anaphase
E) telophase

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Cloning can only be carried out using adult stem cells.

A) True
B) False

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Organisms produced as a result of mitosis exhibit a great deal of genetic variation.

A) True
B) False

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Although cancer may originate in many regions of the body,why do many patients die from cancerous growth in the lungs,lymph glands,or liver?


A) Cancer in these areas of the body spread easily by angiogenesis.
B) Metastasis occurs more commonly in these organs because they have a filter effect.
C) These organs are more significantly damaged by proteinase enzymes.
D) Cancerous growth in all other areas of the body is benign.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Cytokinesis in plant cells differs from animal cells because


A) the lysosomes within the plant cell forms a cell plate.
B) microtubules are used to form the cell plate.
C) the Golgi apparatus produces vesicles that migrate along microtubules and fuse to become a cell plate.
D) the inner plasma membrane divides by cytokinesis as in animal cells and then secretes a cellulose cell wall.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following events does NOT occur during telophase?


A) The beginning of cytokinesis
B) The nuclear envelope is reconstructed.
C) The centromeres split apart.
D) Chromosomes de-condense into chromatin.
E) The nucleolus reforms.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Eukaryotic chromosomes


A) consist of both DNA and protein.
B) may occur as chromatin.
C) contain histones responsible for packaging DNA to fit into a small space.
D) All of the choices are correct.
E) Only A and B are correct.

F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

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Apoptosis refers to cell death and


A) is always biologically detrimental to an organism.
B) is merely the accumulation of genetic errors.
C) is any failure of the genetic machinery to work properly.
D) is a failure in the translation or transcription mechanism.
E) can be programmed and is essential to normal development.

F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

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Contact inhibition stops normal cells from dividing when they come in contact with neighboring cells,but this is not functional in cancer cells.

A) True
B) False

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Answer the following questions concerning the following figure. Answer the following questions concerning the following figure.   A.Name the structure labeled  A.  B.What process is occurring in the figure? C.Is this an animal or plant cell? Explain A.Name the structure labeled "A." B.What process is occurring in the figure? C.Is this an animal or plant cell? Explain

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A."A" is the cleavage furrow. B.Cytokine...

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All of the following are characteristics of oncogenes EXCEPT


A) they are mutated proto-oncogenes.
B) they cause cancer.
C) they are genes that stimulate uncontrolled cell division.
D) they are tumor suppressor genes.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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All of the following are true about the chromosomes of a multicellular organism EXCEPT:


A) They are made up of DNA and protein.
B) Each chromosome is replicated into two chromatids during the S phase of interphase.
C) Each chromosome separates into two daughter chromosomes by binary fission.
D) All cells contain chromosomes that carry the same genetic information.

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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What phase of mitosis is pictured? What phase of mitosis is pictured?   A) prophase B) prometaphase C) metaphase D) anaphase E) telophase


A) prophase
B) prometaphase
C) metaphase
D) anaphase
E) telophase

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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