A Self-Replicating Protein-Based Agent That Is Thought to Cause Mad

question 52

Multiple Choice

A self-replicating protein-based agent that is thought to cause mad cow disease is a type of

• A)virus.
• B)fungi.
• C)protozoan.
• D)prion.

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Definitions:

Probability Density Function

A function that describes the relative likelihood for a continuous random variable to occur at a particular point.

Continuous Random Variable

A type of random variable that can take an infinite number of values in a continuous range.

Probability Mass Function

A function that gives the probabilities of discrete outcomes.

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood that a value will take one of two independent states under a given number of observations.