The Fact That Both Green and Yellow Peas Were Produced

question 34

Multiple Choice

The fact that both green and yellow peas were produced by tall pea plants in predictable frequencies  led Mendel to propose the

• A)principle of segregation.
• B)principle of independent assortment.
• C)concept of dominance.
• D)concept of codominance.
• E)blending theory of inheritance.

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Definitions:

Cori Cycle

Named for Czech-U.S. biochemist and Nobel laureate Carl F. Cori (1896–1984). Lactic acid, produced by skeletal muscle, is carried in the blood to the liver, where it is aerobically converted into glucose. The glucose may return through the blood to skeletal muscle or may be stored as glycogen in the liver.

Protein Metabolism

The process by which proteins are synthesized, broken down, and converted into other proteins or forms of energy within the body.

Ammonia

A colorless gas with a distinct, pungent smell, NH3, used in various industrial processes and also produced as a waste product in organisms.

Urea

A nitrogenous compound produced in the liver as a waste product of protein metabolism and excreted in urine.