Which Statement About Developmental Processes Is True

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which statement about developmental processes is true?

• A) Biologists usually can observe determination in cells through microscopic studies.
• B) Differentiation of cells cannot occur unless morphogenesis has first occurred.
• C) Differentiation consists of the actual biochemical,structural,and functional changes of a cell.
• D) In an embryo,determination begins after the larval stage.
• E) Differentiation occurs in animal embryos but not in plant embryos.

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Definitions:

Sample Observations

Specific instances from a larger population used to gather data and draw conclusions.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, quantified as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Sample Mean

The average value computed from a sample of data, representing an estimate of the population mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how spread out the values of a data set are.