Which of the Following Statements Is a Good Explanation for the Observation

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is a good explanation for the observation that many different rhinovirus strains can all use the same host cell receptor?

• A) The receptor binding site is buried at the base of a narrow canyon on the viral capsid which is inaccessible to antibody proteins.
• B) The recptor binding site is the most exposed area of the capsid which is highly accessible to antibody proteins.
• C) The amino acid sequence of the canyon region of the capsid is highly variable.
• D) The amino acid sequence on the antibody exposed surfaces of the capsid is highly variable.
• E) The amino acid sequence on the exposed areas of the capsid are highly conserved in each strain.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a large number of samples drawn from a specific population, used to estimate population parameters.

Sample Proportion

The sample proportion is a statistic that estimates the proportion of elements in a population that have a certain characteristic, based on a sample from that population.

Population Proportion

A measure that represents the fraction of members in a population that have a particular property or attribute.

Binomial Random Variable

A type of random variable that takes on a fixed number of trials, each with two possible outcomes.