3. which describes the family structure of a blended family? a. parents plus children born to different families b. one biological parent plus one stepparent 4. which is true about sexual identity? a. it is based solely on genetic factors b. mother determines your sex c. father determines your sex d. it begins at birth answer both!

What is the function of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses? a) it uses viral rna as a template for dna synthesis.b) it converts host cell rna into viral dna.c) it translates viral rna into proteins.d) it uses viral rna as a template for making complementary rna strands.

You isolate an infectious substance capable of causing disease in plants, but you do not know whether the infectious agent is a bacterium, virus, viroid, or prion. you have four methods at your disposal to analyze the substance and determine the nature of the infectious agent.i. treat the substance with enzymes that destroy all nucleic acids and then determine whether the substance is still infectious.ii. microscope.iii. culture the substance on nutritive medium, away from any plant cells.iv. treat the sample with proteases that digest all proteins and then determining whether the substance is still infectious.if you already know that the infectious agent was either bacterial or viral, which method(s) listed above would allow you to distinguish between these two possibilities? a) ib) iic) ii or iiid) iv

Which of the following processes within viral replication is the greatest source of genetic variation in rna virus populations? a) high mutation rate due to lack of proofreading of rna genome replication errors.b) transcription from the host cell rna polymerase introduces numerous mutations.c) capsid proteins from the host cell can replace the viral capsid.d) viral rna is translated by host cell ribosomes.