#Question id: 12958
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
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.
The strong dependence of RR individuals on large quantities of vitamin K probably is responsible for
#Question id: 19091
#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
#Question id: 3896
#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
Which one of the following is not involved in steroid hormone action?
#Question id: 17809
#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
#Question id: 5709
#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
What is probability of couple where male is karyotypically normal and the female in pericentric inversion in heterozygous condition produced child with disability if 50% chance of crossing over takes placed within pericentric inversion. (Note: Duplication and deletion in gamete will results in disability)