When the body has adequate stores of iron, the hepatocytes sense that and will increase the production of hepcidin.
Iron exported from the enterocyte into the blood is ferrous and must be converted to the ferric form for transport in the blood.
A. First Statement is True, Second Statement is False
B. Second Statement is True, First Statement is False
C. Both Statements are Correct
D. Both Statements are Incorrect
Select your answer:
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Genetics › ViewWhat was the most significant conclusion that Gregor Mendel drew from his experiments with pea plants?
A. There is considerable genetic variation in garden peas.
B. Traits are inherited in discrete units, and are not the results of “blending.”
C. Recessive genes occur more frequently in the F1 generation than do dominant ones.
D. Genes are composed of DNA.
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There is a large percentage of fat in ___________ marrow.
A. Red
B. Blue
C. Green
D. Yellow