Strength of mortality factors varies with plant productivity, the rate of production of plant biomass. For very simple systems, where few plants exist, not enough plant material is available to support herbivores, and plants must be resource limited, that is, limited by competition.

 

  

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Ecosystem exploitation hypothesis

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Transcellular Pathway

Water and solutes can be transported through the cell membranes by passive diffusion or active transport.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Photoreactivation; Ultraviolet irradiation causes formation of thymine dimers. Upon exposure to light, DNA photolyase breaks the ring formed between the dimers to restore the two thymine residues.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Cell wall endotoxins of some gram-negative bacteria activate macrophages, resulting in release of high levels of IL-1 and TNF-α, which can cause septic shock.

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

MIS is a 536-amino-acid homodimer a member of the TGF-β superfamily