Transposons

question 114

Multiple Choice

Transposons

• A) always use RNA for replication.
• B) are approximately 50 bp long.
• C) are made up of either DNA or RNA.
• D) do not contain genes coding for proteins.
• E) make up about 40 percent of the human genome.

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Definitions:

Imaginary Audience

A manifestation of adolescent egocentrism in which they assume that they are the focus of others’ attention.

Social Referencing

Seeking information from caregivers about how to interpret unfamiliar or ambiguous events by observing their emotional expressions and reactions.

Operational Reasoning

The stage of cognitive development, as identified by Piaget, in which children develop the ability to think logically about abstract concepts and concrete events.

Metacognition

The awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes, often referred to as "thinking about thinking."