What causes mutations during protein synthesis? A) A wrong base becomes a permanent part of a new DNA sequence.
B) Most mutations happen spontaneously as DNA replicates itself.
C) A great many mutations occur due to chemicals in the environment.
D) Mutations do not occur during the process of protein synthesis.

Can you identify which of the following groups of organisms are, or are not, populations? a. the american bison (bison bison) and grey wolves (canis lupus) currently living in yellowstone national parkb. all of the rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss that) that have ever lived in lake eriec. the group of american bison (bison bison) currently living in yellowstone national parkd. a group of calliope hummingbirds (selasphorus calliope) and a group of rufous hummingbirds (selasphorus rufus) living in the same new hampshire woodse. the northern cardinals (cardinalis cardinalis) living on opposite shores of lake champlain f. all of the whales currently living in the atlantic ocean off cape cod, massachusetts

Complete the statements to identify the first two steps of meiosis i. (1 ) the first and longest step of meiosis i is called i. (2)the second step of meiosis i is called i.

Bisphenol a (often called bpa) is a chemical found in products that people use every day, from water bottles to food containers to children's toys. unfortunately, bpa leaches out of its many products and makes its way into our bodies. what are the health effects of bpa exposure? ongoing research is finding that elevated exposure to bpa can affect a wide variety of developmental and physiological processes, but one of the first studies of bpa's health effects came about because of a simple mistake in the lab. at a laboratory at case western reserve university in 1998, geneticist patricia hunt was making a routine check of her female lab mice. as she extracted and examined developing eggs from the ovaries, she began to wonder what had gone wrong. she noticed that many of the eggs showed problems with their chromosomes, and some had irregular amounts of genetic material, which can lead to miscarriages and birth defects in mammals. she learned that a lab assistant had mistakenly washed the plastic mouse cages and water bottles with a harsh soap, releasing bpa from the plastic. knowing that bpa is an endocrine disruptor, a chemical that can enter organisms and mimic hormones, hunt set out to discover whether it had adversely affected her mice.