Goiter Results from a Shortage of

question 15

Multiple Choice

Goiter results from a shortage of

• A) zinc
• B) iron
• C) potassium
• D) iodine

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Definitions:

Common Ancestor

A hypothetical or actual individual organism from which two or more lineages or species are descended.

Physical Features

The characteristics of an object or organism's body, such as shape, size, and color, visible and measurable.

Mutation

a change in the DNA sequence within an organism's gene or chromosome, leading to the creation of a new trait not found in the parental type.

DNA Replication

DNA replication is the biological process of producing two identical replicas of DNA from one original DNA molecule, a critical step before cell division.