Bio Passage on 5R (spoilers if you haven't taken it)

[willthatsall]

Was anyone else totally lost on the passage about the ciliate protozoan Tetrahmena that has a micronucleus and a macronucleus? I just didn't really understand the passage or the diagram for some reason. Not sure if I just lost focus or if it was because I had never seen that information before. The thing about the 45-ploid nucleus threw me off a little too. Anyway, just wondering if anyone else was thinking wtf when they saw it.

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[imsotired]

I remember that....it sucked! I didn't know what the hell was going on there.

 

[MDtoBe777]

That passage was so messed up. I usually do pretty well on bio and that passage threw me for a complete loop!

 

[DrJohnSez]

that passage was CCCRRRAAAZZZYYY... i actually got only 1 our of wat... 6 problems somehow... just gotta use POE really agressively and try to prove everything in sight wrong... but i do have to admit i got lucky on narrowing down and guessing... hehe

 

[Apparition]

Yep, same experience, probably the worst bio passage I've had on aamc tests.

 

[blebl34]

yeh that passage blew, i understood it up until the nucleus' converted among one another

 

[murphomatic]

That passage was totally brutal. I remeber thinking 45-ploid, are you F*cking kidding me I mean come on
Overal I did well on that test, so I guess I should be happy But 45-ploid, I mean COME ON

 

[kae51202]

I felt the same way today. Now I see the importance of moving on and not losing focus as a result of 1 bad passage. Good luck everyone.