Perhaps the Major Scientific Event of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth

question 8

Multiple Choice

Perhaps the major scientific event of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was the:

• A) founding of universities.
• B) end of the Inquisition.
• C) success of empiricism.
• D) triumph of Scholasticism.
• E) introduction of deductive methods.

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Definitions:

Homeotic Genes

Genes that control the development of anatomical structures in organisms, ensuring parts develop in the correct locations.

Transcription Factors

Proteins that regulate gene expression by binding to DNA sequences, thereby controlling the transfer of genetic information from DNA to mRNA.

Adult Stem Cells

Cells derived from body tissues that can differentiate into some specific cell types (e.g., blood cells, neuronal cells, or muscle cells), but not all types of cells found in an organism. See pluripotent stem cells and totipotent stem cells.

Homeobox

A short (180-nucleotide) DNA sequence that characterizes many homeotic genes as well as some other genes that play a role in development.