The Nicking of DNA That Initiates Recombination During Mitosis May

question 35

Multiple Choice

The nicking of DNA that initiates recombination during mitosis may be due to all of the following EXCEPT

• A)instructions from the normal cell cycle program.
• B)X-rays.
• C)chemical damage.
• D)physical damage.
• E)radiation.

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Definitions:

Light-sensitive

The characteristic of being responsive or sensitive to light, often referring to materials or biological entities that change in presence of light.

Receptor Cells

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Opponent-process Theory

Opponent-process theory is a psychological and neurological model that describes how the perception of one stimulus (color, emotion, pain) is dependent on the opposite function of its pair.

Ewald Hering

A 19th-century German physiologist who proposed the opponent-process theory of color vision.