If, someday, an archaean cell is discovered whose SSU-rRNA sequence is more similar to that of humans than the sequence of mouse SSU-rRNA is to that of humans, the best explanation for this apparent discrepancy would be

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#Question id: 24517

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

A specific kind of parasitism proposes that  in which cuckoos or cowbirds repeatedly check their host’s nests and destroy all eggs if their owner is not present. If the parasite egg has been removed, they destroy the host’s nest and kill or injure the nestlings, this is an example of;

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#Question id: 24518

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Some nonnative parasites are introduced deliberately for the biological control of pests, which of the following are necessary attributes of a good agent of biological control?

a. low rate of increase relative to the host’s

b. Good dispersal ability

c. High searching capacity for hosts

d. Minimal time lag effects

e. Maximal time lag effect

f. General adaptability to the environment

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#Question id: 24519

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Natural selection idea is developed  independently by

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#Question id: 24520

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

which of the following characteristics that are involved to enhances the survival and reproduction of organisms that bear it ?

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#Question id: 24521

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Adaptation is involved in

a. aestivation

b. Genetic drift

c. Origin of new species

d. Coevolution

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#Question id: 24522

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Plants will grow continuously  and refer to  genetically and phenotypically changes in the characteristics of interacting species resulting from the natural selection is applied on insect. This is an example of