The Greater the Physical Stress and Compression to Which a Bone

question 310

True/False

The greater the physical stress and compression to which a bone is subjected, the greater the rate of bone deposition.

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Definitions:

Pyrimidine

A nitrogenous base found in nucleic acids, characterized by a single ring structure, such as cytosine, thymine (in DNA), and uracil (in RNA).

Diploid

Having two of each type of chromosome characteristic of the species (2n).

Chromosomes

Structures consisting of DNA and proteins, found in the nucleus of cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

Hershey And Chase

Scientists who conducted experiments in 1952, using bacteriophages to show that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material of viruses.