The Concept of the Operon Was Proposed Based on the Ability

question 12

Multiple Choice

The concept of the operon was proposed based on the ability of E. coli to metabolize the disaccharide ________ only when present in large excess over glucose.

• A)sucrose
• B)cellobiose
• C)galactose
• D)lactose
• E)maltose

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Definitions:

Cosmopolitanism

A philosophy that considers all humans as part of a single community based on a shared morality, regardless of national or cultural boundaries.

Globalism

The attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.

McDonaldization

A term used by sociologist George Ritzer to describe the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of the rest of the world.

Predictability

The ability to foretell future events or behaviors based on patterns or known information.