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TVarnum

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on: Jul 10, 2018
Individuals who do not naturally produce the enzyme superoxide dismutase suffer from unusually high levels of __________.
 
  a. accumulated DNA damage
  b. free radical action
  c. pleiotropic gene effects
  d. cholesterol

Question 2

Once humans evolve a resistance to a disease-causing organism __________.
 
  a. that organism becomes extinct
  b. humans become totally immune to that organism
  c. the organism begins evolving to counteract host resistance
  d. resistance to the organism becomes part of the human genome


ebe

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: c


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