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You have 60 minutes to answer 50 questions. Lockdown browser with Respondus required. Instructions are found in Blackboard. Make sure to go through them before starting. Please understand that all rules apply once you open the Lockdown Browser to start your exam.Cellphones: When you arrive, all cellphones need to be TURNOFF or put in SILENCE and placed in your backpacks. Not just in vibrate. If a cellphone rings during the exam, everybody will have points taken from the exam. Make sure your phone is in silence!!!! You cannot have your cellphones on you during the exam. If I see you with your phone, I will take the exam away and an automatic F will be given!Backpacks: When you arrive, take a pencil, eraser and bottle of water or snack out of your bag and place your bag on front side of the classroom. You cannot have your bag next to you while you take the exam, and you cannot access you bag while you take the exam. Bathroom break: Unless it is an emergency, there will be no bathroom breaks during the exam. Make sure to go before the exam.Be on-time: There will be no extra time if you arrive late. After a student has finished and left the classroom, no exams will be given to students that arrive late.No talking: If you have any questions, ask ME. Under no circumstances do you need to speak to your fellow classmates during the exam. You can ask me anything as many times you need. If anything is unclear from the exam, do not hesitate to ask me. I do not mind!If any of these instructions are not followed, an automatic 0% will be given for that exam and further evaluation by the instructor will be made, as stated by the academic dishonesty section.Reminder: “Students who engage in academic dishonesty also face additional sanctions from the Office of Student Conduct, including expulsion from the College, as outlined in the South Texas College Code of Student Conduct”.

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A/An ______________________ is a class of drugs administered to lower high blood pressure.

The flow of blood to all parts of the body except the lungs is known as ______________ circulation.

The most common form of gene therapy involves inserting a normal gene into cells that contain a defective version of the gene. In order to use gene therapy to prevent a man from passing a defective gene on to future generations, you should try to insert normal copies of the gene into

In 95% of cases of Down’s syndrome, there is one extra chromosome (number 21) in every cell. This aneuploid condition is most likely the result of:

Eukaryotic chromosomes are composed of a complex of protein and DNA called:

A cross where we follow the inheritance of 2 pairs of alleles is called:

You are studying cell cycle progression in an early frog embryo. If you were to inject a protein synthesis inhibitor into this cell during S phase, where do you predict the cell would arrest?

Let F = black fur and f = gray fur for dogs. If a heterozygous male is crossed with a homozygous recessive female, what percentages of the offspring would you expect to be gray?