1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
vovikov84 [41]
1 year ago
8

What are prions? (A) mobile segments of DNA (B) tiny circular molecules of RNA that can infect plants (C) viral DNA that attache

s itself to the host genome and causes disease (D) misfolded versions of normal proteins that can cause disease
Biology
1 answer:
larisa86 [58]1 year ago
7 0

Prions are misfolded versions of normal proteins that can cause diseases. So the correct option is D.

<h3>What leads to prion disease? </h3>

A misfolded confirmation of proteins is called Prions. These misfolded proteins can result in harmful functional proteins and cause several diseases.

A prion is the type of protein that usually cause the normal proteins in the brain to fold in an abnormal manner. This results in misfolding of proteins in the brain.

Prion diseases are known to affect both humans and animals. Sometimes, humans get prion diseases by consumption of by meat from infected animals.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is the most common prion disease in humans. The occurrence of prion diseases is rare. In the US, about 300 cases are reported every year.

Therefore the correct option is D.

Read more about prion diseases, here

brainly.com/question/13513153

#SPJ4

You might be interested in
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids are the four biomolecules critical for the structure and function of living t
yan [13]

Answer:

Providing energy and regulation of blood glucose.

Sparing the use of proteins for energy.

Breakdown of fatty acids and preventing ketosis.

Explanation:

The main function of carbohydrates is to provide energy and regulation of glucose in the blood.  It prevent the use of proteins for production of energy and also promote breakdown of fatty acids and preventing ketosis. Ketosis is a process that occurs when our body doesn't have carbohydrates in sufficient quantity for the production of energy. Carbohydrates are the first biomolecules that are used for energy production.

8 0
2 years ago
What are homologous structures in different species evidence of?
arlik [135]
A) a common ancestor
Homologous structures are structures that are similar in related organisms. There is a basic pattern of bones which can be inherited from a common ancestor
7 0
3 years ago
Precipitation:
fomenos
Answer: Precipitation is roughly equal to the amount of evaporation
6 0
3 years ago
Arrange the following structures in order from the small intestine to the rectum. (1) ascending colon (2) descending colon (3) s
Hitman42 [59]

Answer: in order from small intestine to the rectum: 1, 4, 2 and 3.

Explanation: Ascending colon; the colic valve(the ileocecal valve) is located at the bottom of the ascending colon. At the top of the ascending colon, the colon bends to the left, forming the right colic flexure called the hepatic flexure. The transverse colon begins after this flexure.

The transverse colon; is the longest and most movable part of the colon which runs across the abdomen from the ascending colon at the right colic flexure with a downward convexity to the descending colon, here it curves abruptly on itself under the lower end of the spleen to form left colic flexure called the splenic flexure.

Descending colon; it start from the splenic flexure to the beginning of the sigmoid colon. The descending colon stores the remnant of digested food that will be deposited into the rectum.

Sigmoid colon; also known as pelvic colo is the closest to the rectum, it is a passage by which digested food move into the rectum.

3 0
3 years ago
“The genetic code is universal.” This statement means that
Lemur [1.5K]

The correct answer is B

The genetic codes language in all living organisms is the same. This is to say that the molecules of life namely DNA and RNA share the same make up in all living things .

There are five types of nucleotides in nature which are the building blocks of RNA and DNA and these are the same in all living organisms . These nucleotides are Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine and Uracil.

According to base pairing rules, in all DNA molecules Adenine will always pair with Thymine while Guanine will always pair with Cytosine.

This  rule is the same with RNA except that here Thymine is replaced with Uracil.  Otherwise the base pairing rule applies in all living organisms, that is to say it is universal.

  


4 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • ________ is a combination of rain, snow, dust, and other particles with a ph lower than 5.6.
    5·1 answer
  • An electron micrograph reveals the detailed structures of a cell. It is surrounded by a double membrane and is filled with membr
    12·1 answer
  • A portion of grass in a prairie ecosystem was destroyed by wildfire. What will most likely happen to the population of bison tha
    15·2 answers
  • The correct sequential path of a normal action potential in the heart is:
    6·1 answer
  • What is the volume of a right cylinder with radius of 2 meters and height of 9 meters
    7·1 answer
  • What element has average atomic mass 137.3? If there were a card for this element,
    11·1 answer
  • Would a cross of two
    6·1 answer
  • Why do you think gametes (sex cells produced by meiosis) only contain half of the
    8·1 answer
  • Which method of heat transfer is what caused the green house effect on earth
    11·1 answer
  • Which of the following describes "nature," or nativism, in the nature vs. nurture debate?
    7·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!