One way in which organisms maintain homeostasis is by detecting foreign cells and particles like pathogens and cancer cells. once the pathogen is detected and identified, other systems in the organism's body can attack the invader, thus keeping the organism healthier. cells of the human immune system are finely tuned to recognize and respond quickly to disease-causing organisms.

In familial hypercholesterolemia individuals homozygous for the allele causing the disorder completely lack receptors on liver cells that take up cholesterol from the blood stream. heterozygous have one-half the number of receptors while individuals homozygous for the normal allele are phenotypically normal. this is an example of a. epistasis b. complete dominance c. incomplete dominance d. codominance

In a hypothetical breed of dogs, coat color is controlled by two genes. there are six different coat colors in this breed: black, brown, cream, gray, silver, and tan. consider the following crosses. cross 1: black females from a lineage of all black dogs are crossed with brown males from a lineage of all brown dogs. f1 males and females are all black. when f1 are intercrossed, f2 males and females are black or brown. cross 2: black females from a lineage of all black dogs are crossed with tan males from a lineage where all males are tan and all females are cream. f1 males are black, f1 females are gray. when f1 are intercrossed, f2 males and females are black, brown, gray, or tan. cross 3: silver females from a lineage where all females are silver and all males are gray are crossed with brown males from a lineage of all brown dogs. f1 males and females are all gray. when f1 are intercrossed, f2 males are black, brown, gray, or tan, f2 females are cream, gray, silver, or tan. select the correct statements regarding the mode of inheritance of the coat color genes. a) both genes are x-linked. b) both genes are autosomal. c) one of the genes modifies the expression of the other gene. d) each gene has an additive effect on the intensity of coat color. e) each gene independently specifies three colors. f) one of the genes is autosomal, and the other is x-linked.

What is the primary function of the nervous system?