In Bacterial Cells and Plant Cells, Cell Walls Function in

question 19

Multiple Choice

In bacterial cells and plant cells, cell walls function in

• A) moving organelles throughout the cell.
• B) maintaining cell shape.
• C) producing the cytoskeleton.
• D) containing DNA.
• E) modifying lipids and proteins.

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Definitions:

Genotype

The genetic makeup of an organism, consisting of both visible and unseen traits, determined by its DNA.

Phenotype

The observable characteristic of an organism that may or may not reflect a particular genotype due to the variable expression of dominant and recessive alleles.

Law Of Independent Assortment

The Mendelian principle that genes controlling different traits are inherited independently of one another.

Mendel

Gregor Mendel, a 19th-century scientist and Augustinian monk known as the father of genetics for his work on the inheritance of traits in pea plants which established the laws of Mendelian inheritance.