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#Question id: 13188


The following figure is a model of seedling establishment as a function of distance from a parent tree. Initial seed density measures the number of seeds falling to the ground. Seed survivorship measures the proportion of seeds that survive to the adult stage at each distance


Which of the following factors is most likely to generate the seed survivorship curve shown? 

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Seed predation is lowest far from the parent tree.
  2. The best microhabitat for mutualistic seed dispersers is directly under the parent tree.
  3. The best microhabitat for seedling growth is directly under the parent tree.
  4. Many seeds reach the locations where they would have the highest probability of surviving to adulthood.
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#Question id: 34135

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Glucagon increases glycogenolysis in liver cells but ACTH does not because

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A meal rich in proteins containing the amino acids that stimulate insulin secretion but low in carbohydrates does not cause hypoglycemia because':

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following best explains why glucose uptake into liver cells continues in insulin-resistant states, even when skeletal muscle glucose uptake is impaired?

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#Question id: 34138

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following hormones are nanopeptides with a disulfide ring at one end?

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#Question id: 34139

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

I. Oxytocin and vasopressin are typical neural hormones , that is, hormones secreted into the circulation by nerve cells.
II. Vasopressin and oxytocin each have a characteristic neurophysin associated with them in the granules in the neurons.
III. The precursor for AVP, prepropressophysin , contains a 19-amino-acid residue leader sequence followed by AVP, neurophysin II, and a glycopeptide. 
IV. Prepro-oxyphysin, the precursor for oxytocin, is a similar but smaller molecule that lacks the glycopeptide.

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#Question id: 34140

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Following stimulus stimulates vasopressin-secreting neurons, EXCEPT?