Which of the Following Would You Expect of a Eukaryote

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would you expect of a eukaryote lacking telomerase?

• A) a high probability of somatic cells becoming cancerous
• B) production of Okazaki fragments
• C) inability to repair thymine dimers
• D) a reduction in chromosome length in gametes
• E) high sensitivity to sunlight

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A method of estimating the distribution of a sample statistic using the normal distribution, often applied when the sample size is large.

Binomial

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Probability of Success

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Normal Curve

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