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C. Genus and species
Binominal nomenclature: a formal system of naming species of living things, such as humans which are <em>homo sapiens.</em>
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A. carbohydrates
any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose.
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C. work with other cells
one unicellular organism would quickly die if was not within a colony of very similar unicellular organisms.
4.
C. Bacteria
bacteria are able to cause contagious diseases seeing as a virus, (which can be a contagious disease) is a form of bacteria.
Answer:
cess for GE crops conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Other evidence came from studies published by regulatory agencies in other countries or by companies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and academic institutions. The committee also sought evidence from the public and from the speakers at its public meetings and webinars.1
The committee thinks that it is important to make clear that there are limits to what can be known about the health effects of any food, whether non-GE or GE. If the question asked is “Is it likely that eating this food today will make me sick tomorrow?” researchers have methods of getting quantitative answers. However, if the question is “Is it likely that eating
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1 The committee has compiled publicly available information on funding sources and first-author affiliation for the references cited in this chapter; the information is available at http://nas-sites.org/ge-crops/.
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