Which of the following is a protein present in blood plasma?

The statement that best supports the grant proposal is a. Repeating the published work will provide independent confirmation of the results. Independent confirmation of results is an important part of the scientific process. By repeating an experiment that was recently published by another researcher, the researcher writing the grant proposal can provide additional evidence to support or refute the original findings.

B. Repeating published work with changed variables will extend the previous results, but this is not the main goal of repeating an experiment.

C. Funding this important research will benefit science in the long term is a general statement that does not specifically support the grant proposal to repeat an experiment.

D. Funding this grant proposal will allow this laboratory to continue to study this topic is also a general statement that does not specifically support the grant proposal to repeat an experiment.

The apocrine gland is a component of the integumentary system that secretes pheromones. Pheromones are chemical signals that are released by an individual and can affect the behavior or physiology of other individuals of the same species. The other options are not components of the integumentary system that secrete pheromones. The fossa ovalis is a depression in the interatrial septum of the heart, the seminiferous tubule is a structure in the testes where sperm are produced, and the dermal papilla is a structure at the base of a hair follicle that provides nutrients to the hair.