A Case For Evolutionary Thinking Understanding Hiv - Evolutionary Analysis | Biology+

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Evolution

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Set 1: A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV

Set 2: The Pattern of Evolution

Set 3: Evolution by Natural Selection

Set 4: Estimating Evolutionary Trees

Set 5: Variation Among Individuals

Set 6: Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation

Set 7: Mendelian Genetics in Populations II: Migration, Drift, & Nonrandom Mating

Set 8: Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and Sex

Set 9: Evolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics

Set 10: Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function

Set 11: Sexual Selection

Set 13: Aging and Other Life-History Characters

Set 14: Evolution and Human Health

Set 15: Phylogenomics and the Molecular Basis of Adaptation

Set 16: Mechanisms of Speciation

Set 17: The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution

Set 18: Evolution and the Fossil Record

Set 19: Development and Evolution

Set 20: Human Evolution

Set 1 A Case For Evolutionary Thinking Understanding Hiv

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Set 1 A Case For Evolutionary Thinking Understanding Hiv

(Short Answer)

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What does the acronym AIDS stand for?

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Acquired I...

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(Multiple Choice)

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The proteins that enable the HIV virus to bind to cells are typically CD4 and CCR5.On what type of cells are these proteins typically observed?

A) plasma cells
B) dendritic cells
C) effector helper T cells
D) memory helper T cells
E) both C and D

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(Multiple Choice)

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What is the effect of the ∆32 allele of CCR5 on HIV binding?

A) appears on the surface of CD4 T cells, but the HIV virion is unable to infect the host cell
B) does not appear on the surface of CD4 T cells
C) appears on the surface of the CD4 T cells and inactivates the virion upon binding
D) interferes with binding of the virion to the CD4 receptor protein
E) appears on the surface of the CD4 T cells and causes the virion to lyse upon binding

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