The Cascade of Events Determining Whether Bacteriophage Lambda Elects to Purpose

question 48

Multiple Choice

The cascade of events determining whether bacteriophage lambda elects to purpose lysogeny or a lytic cycle begins with a race between the production of the lambda repressor and _________.

• A)integrase
• B)N protein
• C)endolysin
• D)Cro protein

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences, including reinforcements and punishments.

Extinction

Extinction in behavioral psychology refers to the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is no longer provided.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process whereby a learned response is reduced or eliminated, often as a result of repeated absence of the expected reinforcement.