A Condition That Results When Too Much Iron Is Absorbed

question 95

Multiple Choice

A condition that results when too much iron is absorbed from food is

• A)hemochromatosis.
• B)hemorrhoids.
• C)obesity.
• D)Crohn disease.

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Definitions:

Conjugation

Mechanism of horizontal gene transfer in which one prokaryote passes a plasmid to another.

Pili

Hair-like appendages found on the surface of many bacteria, involved in adhesion to surfaces and in conjugation (the transfer of DNA between bacterial cells).

Conjugation

Conjugation is a form of genetic exchange between bacteria where DNA is transferred from one bacterium to another through direct contact.

Ribosomes

Cellular organelles that serve as the site of biological protein synthesis, translating messenger RNA into proteins.