Biology 2e

2nd Edition

ISBN: 9781947172517

Author: Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

Publisher: OpenStax

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Which characteristic is shared by prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

cytoskeleton
nuclear envelope
DNA-based genome
mitochondria

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Biology 2e

Ch. 23 - Figure 23.5 What evidence is there that...Ch. 23 - Figure 23.25 Which of the following statements...Ch. 23 - Figure 23.28 Which of the following statements...Ch. 23 - What event is thought to have contributed to the...Ch. 23 - Which characteristic is shared by prokaryotes and...Ch. 23 - Mitochondria most likely evolved by ___________ ....Ch. 23 - Which of these protists is believed to have...Ch. 23 - In 2016, scientists published the genome of...Ch. 23 - Which of the following observations about a...Ch. 23 - Protists that have a pellicle are surrounded by...

Ch. 23 - Piotists with the capabilities to perform...Ch. 23 - Which of these locomotor organs would likely be...Ch. 23 - Alternation of generations describes which of the...Ch. 23 - The amoeba E. histolytica is a pathogen that forms...Ch. 23 - Which protist group exhibits mitochondrial...Ch. 23 - Conjugation between two Paramecia produces total...Ch. 23 - What is the function of the raphe in diatoms?...Ch. 23 - What genus of piotists appears to contradict the...Ch. 23 - A marine biologist analyzing water samples notices...Ch. 23 - An example of carbon fixation is photosynthesis...Ch. 23 - Which parasitic protist evades the host immune...Ch. 23 - Which of the following is not a way that piotists...Ch. 23 - Describe the hypothesized steps in the origin of...Ch. 23 - Some aspects of eukaryotes are more similar to...Ch. 23 - Explain in your own words why sexual reproduction...Ch. 23 - Giaidia iamblia is a cyst-forming protist parasite...Ch. 23 - Explain how the definition of protists ensures...Ch. 23 - The chllorophyte (green algae) genera Ulva and...Ch. 23 - Why might a light-sensing eyespot be ineffective...Ch. 23 - Opisthokonta includes animals and fungi, as well...Ch. 23 - Describe two ways in which paramecium differs from...Ch. 23 - How does killing Anopheles mosquitoes affect the...Ch. 23 - Without treatment, why dees African sleeping...Ch. 23 - Describe how increasing stress to the ocean would...

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