Packet 6: Bonus 13
Answer the following about the unconventional career of biologist Lynn Margulis. For 10 points each:
[10h] Margulis proposed this process in her paper “On the Origin of Mitosing Cells.” The presence of N-formyl•methionine, circular DNA, and binary fission in some organelles is evidence for this process.
ANSWER: endosymbiosis [or endosymbiotic theory or endosymbionts or symbiogenesis; prompt on symbiosis or symbiotic or symbionts]
[10e] Margulis argued against neo-Darwinism, the idea that evolution mostly results from these phenomena. Errors during replication cause these changes in the genetic code, which can have positive or negative effects.
ANSWER: mutations [or word forms like mutating]
[10m] Margulis co-authored a debunked paper linking AIDS to the spirochete (“SPY-roh-keet”) bacteria that cause Lyme disease and this condition. This sexually-transmitted infection caused by Treponema pallidum may have spread from the New World per the Columbian hypothesis.
ANSWER: syphilis
<Biology — June Yin> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 6
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 19.23 | 100% | 73% | 19% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 18.13 | 100% | 75% | 6% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 100% | 20% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 40% | 60% |