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#Question id: 4195

Unlike bacterial mRNA, eukaryotic mRNA must undergo __ before it may be used for translation.

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

  1. splicing

  2. capping

  3. polyadenylation

  4. All of the above

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#Question id: 13189

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The relative abundance of C plant species increases with latitude because of the associated temperature gradient. A study in North America found that at  42°  North,  C3  plants  become more  abundant than  C4  plants. Given  an  increase in  mean global  temperatures by  10°C and no  other changes in  environmental conditions,  the latitude at which C3 plants become more abundant:
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#Question id: 13190

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

During the evolution of life on Earth, the photosynthetic organisms initially responsible for raising atmospheric oxygen concentrations from less than 1 percent to about 20 percent were
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#Question id: 13191

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following statements about circadian rhythms is correct?
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#Question id: 13192

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

In the schematic below, the left panel represents climatic zones occupied by two different biomes, X and Y, along gradients of temperature and precipitation. The right panel depicts the expected species-area relationships of these two biomes. From the figures below, which of the following are most likely to be true?
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#Question id: 26889

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Shifting cultivation is a form of agricultural practice in the hills of Northeast India, where a forest patch is cleared and cultivated for a few years, after which it is left fallow and allowed to regenerate. Succession occurs on such previously cultivated plots. Over time, the plant community should move towards which region in the graph?
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#Question id: 26890

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The MacArthur-Wilson equilibrium model of island biogeography predicts the number of species found on islands. The figure below depicts two volcanic islands located off a section of mainland coast.
 The MacArthur-Wilson model predicts that the relative numbers of bird species on the mainland and two islands would be