An experiment of Anfinsen on ribonuclease A (RNase A) showed that proteins can be denatured reversibly by 2-mercaptoethanol and 8 M urea. The protein must therefore renature spontaneously;

a) Remove mercaptoethanol and then removal of the urea

b) Removal of the mercaptoethanol allows the protein to re-form disulfide bonds in the presence of oxygen and then removal of the urea

c) Removal of the denaturant (urea) and reductant (mercaptoethanol) allows the protein to renature and re-form disulfide bonds in the absence of oxygen

d) Adding a small amount of mercaptoethanol to the scrambled protein in the absence of O2 catalyzes its conversion to the active enzyme

Which one of the following steps will leads to regaining of the full activity of ribonuclease A (RNase A)

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is a density-independent factor that could limit a population of high-altitude butterflies?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Review the formula for effective population size. Imagine a population of 1,000 small rodents. Of these, 300 are breeding females, 300 are breeding males, and 400 are nonbreeding  juveniles.  What is the effective  population size?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

If the sex ratio in a population is significantly different from 50:50, then which of the following will always be true? 

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

A population of strictly monogamous swans consists of 40 males and 10 females. What is the effective population size (ne) for this population?

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#Question id: 12470

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

An ecologist recorded 12 white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, per square mile in one woodlot and 20 per square mile on another woodlot. What was the ecologist comparing?

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#Question id: 12471

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

To measure the population density of monarch butterflies occupying a particular park, 100 butterflies are captured, marked with a small dot on a wing, and then released. The next day, another 100 butterflies are captured, including the recapture of 20 marked butterflies. One would estimate the population to be