Both budding yeast and the bacteria E.coli are unicellular life forms.Which of the following statements explains why budding yeast can undergo sexual reproduction while E.coli cannot?
A) Unlike E.coli, budding yeast can alternate between a diploid state and a haploid state.
B) Unlike E.coli, budding yeast cannot multiply by undergoing cell division.
C) Unlike E.coli, haploid budding yeast cells can undergo meiosis to produce the gametes necessary for sexual reproduction.
D) E.coli DNA is unable to undergo homologous recombination, making it incapable of producing gametes.
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Q1: Which of the following statements most correctly
Q2: Which of the following would NOT lead
Q3: During recombination
A)sister chromatids undergo crossing-over with each
Q4: Somatic cells _.
A)are not necessary for sexual
Q6: Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A)Asexual
Q7: During sexual reproduction, novel mixtures of alleles
Q8: Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A)Another
Q9: Organisms that reproduce sexually
A)must be haploid, unlike
Q10: Which of the following statements about meiosis
Q11: Imagine meiosis in a diploid organism that
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