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#Question id: 3037


Which of the following is the best definition of generation time in a bacterium?

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
  1. the length of time it takes to reach the log phase

  2. the length of time it takes for a population of cells to double

  3. the time it takes to reach stationary phase

  4. the length of time of the exponential phase

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#Question id: 26980

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following statements about the selection pressure is incorrect?

a.If survival of juveniles and adult is poor then selection favours a single act of reproduction

b.If survival of juveniles and adult is poor and unpredictable then selection favours repeated reproduction and long reproductive life

c.If the environment is stable then selection favours a single act of reproduction.

d.If survival of juveniles is very poor and unpredictable but adult are more likely to survive then selection favours repeated reproduction and long reproductive life

e.If survival of adult is unpredictable but juveniles are more likely to survive then selection favours a single act of reproduction

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#Question id: 26981

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Life history features of r-selected species is

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#Question id: 26982

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following statements about the evolution of life histories is correct?

a.Unstable environments with unlimited resources favor r-selected populations.

b.K-selected populations are most often found in environments where density-independent factors are important regulators of population size.

c.Most populations have both r- and K-selected characteristics that vary under different environmental conditions.

d.The reproductive efforts of r-selected populations are directed at producing just a few offspring with good competitive abilities.

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#Question id: 26983

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Plant life histories based on a model in which stress, disturbance, and competition are the important selective factors.

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#Question id: 26984

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The distribution of species of perennial herbs is mapped in the growth-survival-fecundity triangle, choose the correct option which were belongs to A, B and C

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#Question id: 26985

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

high stress & low disturbance are the characteristics of