A new drug is developed that inhibits formation of the flagellar filament by impairing production of the protein flagellin. Is this going to be a good drug?

#Question id: 10233

#XL - T Zoology

Which of the following statements is the most appropriate define character displacement?

#Question id: 10234

#XL - T Zoology

You observed the two species of barnacles, species 1 and species 2, occupy upper and lower strata of intertidal rocks, respectively. Only when species 1 was removed by you from the upper strata, species 2 could occupy both the upper and lower strata. From the choice given below what would be your inference from these observations.

#Question id: 10236

#XL - T Zoology

Following figure represent fundamental and realized nich of species P and Q in gradient of temperature along sea shore. which of the following statement are correct? 

A) Fundamental niche of species P is greater than its realized nich

 B) Fundamental niche of species Q is greater than its realized nich

 C) Species Q is strong competitor than species P

 D) There is no effect on spaced occupied by Q in the presence or absence of species P

#Question id: 10240

#XL - T Zoology

A consequence of resource partitioning

#Question id: 10241

#XL - T Zoology

In an Asian rice paddy, carp eat decaying material from around the base of rice plants while a snail scrapes algae from the leaves, stems, and roots of the same plant. They can survive at the same time in the same rice paddy because they

#Question id: 10242

#XL - T Zoology

Ecologist Robert Macarthur observed that five species of similar warblers coexisted on spruce trees because they