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#Question id: 7132


What happens if you introduce the gene myoD into fibroblast cells growing in culture?

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. The fibroblasts will express muscle-specific proteins, fuse, and form functional muscle in culture.
  2. Nothing will happen because fibroblasts are derived from a different cell population in the embryo than are the muscle precursors that respond to myoD.
  3. The fibroblasts will undergo apoptosis, due to the abnormal effects of myoD on their normal differentiation.
  4. myoD will activate expression of myogenin, but the muscle-specific genes will not be able to activate.
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#Question id: 10883

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Ecosystem having a three trophic level in which number of species is given in table


 Total 50 number of link among these trophic levels present. What is value of connectance in ecosystem? 

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#Question id: 10884

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Herbivore ingests plant material with 1000 k j energy form producer and 300 kJ loss as feces waste; additionally herbivore invests 300 k j energy in respiration. What is production efficiency of that herbivore?

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#Question id: 10885

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

In a field experiment, autotrophs are provided a 14C-labelled carbon compound for photosynthesis. Radioactivity (14C) levels were then monitored at regular intervals in all the trophic levels. In which ecosystem is the radioactivity likely to be detected in longer time at the higher trophic level?

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#Question id: 10886

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Much greater proportion of energy fixed by autotrophs is transferred to the herbivore level in the open ocean ecosystem than in a forest ecosystem because

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#Question id: 10887

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

What is a linkage density of community A and B RESPECTIVELY?


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#Question id: 10888

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Ecologists have applied the top-down model to improve water quality in polluted lakes showing in picture. This approach, called biomanipulation, attempts to prevent algal blooms and eutrophication by altering the density of organism instead of chemical treatment as following