Biology MCQs

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The corpus luteum is the source of secretion of Progesterone. Progesterone is a hormone released by the ovaries.

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The nutrient medium for ejaculated spermatozoa is provided by seminal fluid.

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Ovaries are the primary sex organs of the female reproductive system. They produce the female gamete (ovum) and several steroid hormones.

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Heart disease and High blood pressure are examples of Multifactorial Genetic Inheritance. It is also known as polygenic inheritance.

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Sugar cane is an example of starch crops biomass feedstocks. Biomass feedstocks include forest product waste, agricultural residues, organic fractions of municipal solid waste, paper, cardboard, plastics, food waste, green waste, and other wastes.

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A plasmid is used as a tool to insert genes into bacteria to stimulate the production of therapeutic proteins such as human insulin.

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The Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine is used to prevent tuberculosis (TB). The BCG vaccine is named after Dr Albert Calmette and Dr Camille Guerin, who developed the vaccine from a germ called Mycobacterium bovis, which is similar to TB. BCG is a live vaccine that has been processed so that it is not harmful to humans. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that affects the lungs, and sometimes other parts of the body.

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Among the many things parents hand down to their children are 23 pairs of chromosomes-those thread-like structures in the nucleus of every cell containing the genetic instructions for every person. One of those pairs are the chromosomes that determine the biological sex of a child – girls have an XX pair and boys have an XY pair. Females always pass an X chromosome onto their offspring. If the father passes on an X chromosome, the baby will be genetically female, and if the father passes on a Y chromosome, the baby will be genetically male.

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Skeletal muscle is a form of striated muscle which is under the voluntary control of the somatic nervous system. Most skeletal muscles are attached to bones by bundles of collagen fibres known as tendons. It is one of three major muscle types, the others being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle.

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Changes in pH which can accompany metabolic process such as respiration (aerobic glycolysis for example) can alter the conformation of an enzyme and hence enzyme activity such as salivarya mylase is effective in neutral condition, pepsin in acidic condition l.5 (less than pH 7) and trypsin in basic condition (more than pH 7).