Desert animals, such as the kangaroo rat, need to conserve water in their bodies. which of the following mechanisms is an efficient way of conserving water? a. exhaling carbon dioxide through the lungs
b. expelling more urine through the bladder
c. reabsorbing water in the nephrons

Coat color in cats is determined by genes at several different loci. at one locus on the x chromosome, one allele (x ) encodes black fur and another allele (xo) encodes orange fur. females can be black (x x ), orange (xoxo), or a mixture of orange and black called tortoiseshell (x xo). males are either black (x y) or orange (xoy). bill has a female tortoiseshell cat named patches. one night, patches escapes from bill\'s house, spends the night out, and mates with a stray male. patches later gives birth to the following kittens: one orange male, one black male, two tortoiseshell females, and one orange female. what are the genotypes of patches, the stray male, and the kittens?

Glucose is broken down in different ways, both in the presence and in the absence of oxygen. using the table for reference, what major products are formed in each reaction set?

2. which of the following statements does not accurately describe stem cells? a. embryonic stem cells make up the inner cell mass of a blastocyst. b. with more research, stem cells may be used to repair or replace damaged cells. c. the use of stem cells is without any objections since it can be used in therapies to humans. d. adult stem cells are multipotent and can differentiate into many types of cells.