Christiaan eijkman shared the nobel prize in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins. eijkman went to java to isolate the pathogen causing beriberi, an illness that appeared to be contagious as it was common in prisons and among ship crews. eijkman noticed that chickens fed a diet of white rice also suffered from a similar disorder. when the chickens were fed a diet of red rice, the chickens quickly recovered. what can eijkman safely infer at this point from his observations?

Which best compares habitat and niche? o niche is a place in which organisms live, and habitat is the way in which an organism fits into its habitat.o habitat is a place in which organisms live, and niche is the way in which an organism fits into its habitat.habitat is a group of organisms that live in an area, and niche is a specific species that lives in that areao niche is a group of organisms that live in an area, and habitat is a specific species that lives in that area.

Acell in the human nervous system whose primary function is to form myelin and the blood-brain barrier, respond to injury, remove debris, and enhance learning and memory is called a(n) cell.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a serious condition caused by a recessive allele of a gene on the human x chromosome. the patients have muscles that weaken over time because they have absent or decreased dystrophin, a muscle protein. they rarely live past their twenties. how likely is it for a woman to have this condition? a) women can never have this condition.b) one-fourth of the daughters of an affected man would have this condition.c) one-half of the daughters of an affected father and a carrier mother could have this condition.d) only if a woman is xxx could she have this condition.