Deserts typically occur in a band at 30 degrees north and south latitude because

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

The Drosophila Sex-lethal (Sxl) gene is activated in females, but the Sxl protein does not form in males because of: 

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#Question id: 9268

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The most active photosynthetic tissue in higher plants is the

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#Question id: 9269

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The distribution of electrons in the excited molecule is somewhat different from the distribution in the groundstate molecule, Absorption of blue light excites the chlorophyll to a higher energy state than absorption of red light because

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

In the lowest excited state, the excited chlorophyll has four alternative pathways for disposing of its available energy which of the statement of alternative pathway would be INCORRECT?

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Chlorophylls a and b are abundant in green plants, and c and d are found in some protists and cyanobacteria. A number of different types of bacteriochlorophyll have been found; which type of chlorophyll is the most widely distributed, shows the distribution of pigments in different types of photosynthetic organisms;

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The quantum yield of photosynthesis falls off drastically for far-red light of wavelengths greater than 680 nm, indicating that far-red light alone is inefficient in driving

photosynthesis, this effect is called