Which of the following mutations can result in a reduction of β-galactosidase?

a. a mutation in adenylate cyclase

b. a mutation in catabolite activator protein (CAP)

c. a mutation in the CAP site in the lac control region

d. a mutation in the repressor binding site in the operator

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Use the incomplete diagram below, illustrating some of the steps involved in eutrophication to answer the following questions

What would be a likely entry for box A?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Use the incomplete diagram below, illustrating some of the steps involved in eutrophication to answer the following questions.

What would be a likely entry for box B?

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Aquatic ecosystems that are most readily damaged by acid are those that lack an important buffer that dissolves into the runoff after a precipitation event. What is this buffer?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following statements best describes why biologists are currently concerned with global warming and the thawing of permafrost in many areas of the tundra biome?

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Flycatcher birds that migrate from Africa to Europe feed their nestlings mostly with moth caterpillars. The data presented show the mean dates of egg laying, hatching, and fledging of flycatcher young, and the 1980 and 2000 peak mass of caterpillars.

The most likely cause for the shift in caterpillar peak mass is

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Biomanipulation can best be described as