You Prepare a Wet Mount of Your Own Cheek Cells

question 12

Multiple Choice

You prepare a wet mount of your own cheek cells and place it under the microscope, but find that you cannot see any detail of the cells. What can you do to make details more visible?

• A)increase light intensity
• B)prepare another slide and stain with methylene blue
• C)view at a higher power
• D)view at a lower power

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Definitions:

Polygenic

Referring to a trait that is influenced by multiple genes, often resulting in a continuous range of possible phenotypes.

Skin Colour

Skin colour refers to the pigmentation of an individual's skin which is primarily determined by genetic inheritance and exposure to sunlight.

Phenotypic Similarity

The degree to which two or more organisms resemble each other in their observable characteristics, due to genetic or environmental influences.

Monozygotic Twins

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