Structures which have become reduced in form and function (see figure below), and therefore selection to maintain them has become relaxed or reduced, are termed:   

When performing any experiment, it is important to have multiple ______ on which to evaluate your hypothesis and base your conclusions.

How many hydrogen bonds bind a cytosine from one strand of DNA to a guanine on another DNA strand?

These proteins are needed to keep DNA strands separate during DNA replication.

A temperate phage SF4, a phage that infects the bacterium Shigella flexneri, is mixed with a culture of Shigella.  After incubating, there is a lawn of bacteria are no plaques.  Offer the best explanation as to why.

This enzyme adds RNA nucleotides to start DNA replication.

According to the CDC, how do flu vaccines work?

Retrovirus genomes are converted from RNA to DNA. The DNA version of the retrovirus genome inserts into the animal host cell genome and is known as the _________________.

Bacteria use __________________ to make their DNA, the process where new DNA molecules are made of one parent DNA strand and one new DNA strand.

Which of the following is NOT a type of gene?