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What six-base DNA sequence is repeated at human chromosome ends to form telomeres?
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TTAGGG
According to Chargaff’s rules, which DNA base has the same abundance as adenine?
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Thymine
In human DNA, which chromosome was formed by the fusion of two ancestral ape chromosomes?
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Chromosome 2
What phrase did the 1890 U.S. Census report use for the disappearance of a continuous American frontier line?
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The closing of the frontier
Which 1902 novel by Owen Wister is often called the first major modern Western?
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The Virginian
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What phrase did the 1890 U.S. Census report use for the disappearance of a continuous American frontier line?
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The closing of the frontier
Which 1902 novel by Owen Wister is often called the first major modern Western?
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The Virginian
What was the real name of the outlaw known as the Sundance Kid?
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Harry Longabaugh
What was the name of the 1851 agreement between the United States and Plains tribes signed at Fort Laramie?
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
Which outlaw used the alias Black Bart while robbing stagecoaches in California and Oregon?
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Charles Earl Boles
What was the name of the 1868 treaty that ended Red Cloud's War?
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Treaty of Fort Laramie
What was the name of the 1858–1859 gold rush centered on present-day Denver and the Colorado Front Range?
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Pike's Peak Gold Rush