The Norway rat (Rattus Norvegicus), a widespread pest, was controlled for about a decade by the anticoagulant warfarin. This chemical substance, placed in food pellets, is absorbed by the intestinal tract and inhibits the clotting of blood. After a population decline for about 10 years, rat populations increased and stabilized. In one European population, as illustrated in the graph below, the percentage of rats resistant to warfarin has remained fairly stable over a number of years.

Resistance to warfarin is governed by a dominant autosomal gene, R. More than 15 percent of the resistant animals are heterozygous at this locus (Rr). The table below indicates the response to warfarin and relative reproductive fitness of individuals that are homozygous or heterozygous for the dominant gene (R). The RR individuals have a 20-fold increase in vitamin K requirement over individuals.

Fitness is a measure of the reproductive success of a particular genotype. The highest fitness is 1.00.

Which of the following is most likely correct concerning the gene for resistance to warfarin? 

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Arabidopsis roots in iron-deficient growth media, thereby facilitating increased iron uptake. The resulting increase in iron content of the plants by

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A Pseudomonas species that synthesizes the antifungal compound against the pathogenic fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis known as

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Under which conditions, the Pseudomonas aeruginosa synthesize and release of siderophores

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa can alleviate the symptoms of abiotic stress by releasing of antibiotics, the amounts of the compounds released by P. aeruginosa are controlled by

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Rhizobacteria function as

 a) Nitrogen fixation

 b) depositing pathogens directly into the vascular system,

 c) producing antibiotics and antifungal agents for inhibiting soil pathogens

 d) herbivore sensors by sending electrical or chemical signals to surrounding cells

 Which one of the following combination is correct?