What Is the Composition of Lactose

question 39

Multiple Choice

What is the composition of lactose?

• A)Two glucose units with a a-1,4'-glycoside bond
• B)One glucose and one fructose unit with a a-glycosidic bond to the 2' carbon of a fructofuranose ring
• C)One galactose and one glucose unit with a b-1,4'-glycoside bond
• D)Repeating unit of glucose units joined in a b-1,4'-glycosidic linkage

Appreciate the psychological processes underlying decision making and problem-solving.

Understand the effects of framing and hindsight bias on decision making and judgment.

Explain the impact of representativeness and availability heuristics on probabilistic reasoning.

Interpret the rationale behind normative and descriptive models of decision making.

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Definitions:

Progressive Hypothesis

A theory proposing that change, especially in a societal or evolutionary context, occurs in a gradual, steady progression rather than through sudden leaps.

Mobile Genetic Elements

Pieces of DNA that can move or be transferred from one location in the genome to another, affecting gene expression and evolution.

Plasmids

Circular, double-stranded DNA molecules found in bacteria and some yeasts, separate from chromosomal DNA, used in genetic engineering.

Prophage DNA

The DNA of a temperate bacteriophage that is integrated into the bacterial host's genome and replicates along with it without causing lysis.