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#Question id: 12240


Two plant species co-occur in a prairie. Species X always occurs near species Y. However, species    often occurs in isolation from species X and produces more seeds when alone than when growing next to species X. Which of the following interactions between species X and Y could generate this pattern?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Competition, in which Y is superior to X in accumulating resources
  2. Mutualism, in which both X and Y benefit by exchanging resources
  3. Parasitism, in which X benefits from resources produced by Y and reduces the growth of Y by doing so
  4. Commensalism, in which X benefits from resources produced by Y but does not affect the growth of Y by doing so
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#Question id: 11161

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

The lakes of northern Minnesota are home to many similar species of damselflies of the genus Enallagma that have apparently undergone speciation from ancestral stock since the last glacial retreat about 10,000 years ago. Sequencing which of the following would probably be most useful in sorting out evolutionary relationships among these closely related species?

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#Question id: 5733

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In individuals heterozygous for a chromosome inversion, the homologous chromosomes form a loop in prophase I of meiosis.

Which of the following is effect of inversion?

A. A dicentric and an acentric chromosome in meiosis I as the chiasmata gets terminated when inversion includes centromere  

B. Appearance of deletion and duplication in both the cross over products chromosomes when centromere outside of inversion region  

C. All recombinant gamete are non-viable gametes when single crossing over within inverted region; irrespective to paracentric or pericentic inversion

D. Nonviable gametes are usually produced, resulting in a depression in observed recombination frequencies.

Which of the above statements are correct?

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#Question id: 7312

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Following statements regarding to the classes of genes that regulate floral development:

A.  Floral organ identity genes directly control floral identity. The proteins encoded by these genes are transcription factors that likely control the expression of other genes whose products are involved in the formation and/or function of floral organs.

B.  Cadastral genes act as spatial regulators of the floral organ identity genes by setting boundaries for their expression.

C.   Meristem identity genes are necessary for the initial induction of the organ identity genes. These genes are the positive regulators of floral organ identity.

D.  Cadastral genes act as negative regulators of the floral organ identity genes by inhibits their expression.

E.   Meristem identity genes are the negative regulators of floral organ identity genes.

Which of the above statements are true?

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#Question id: 883

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The “core autophagy machinery” controls the initiation and growth of the autophagosome and has been divided into three main protein groups:

i. A-ATG9, B-TOR, C-PI(3) Complex

ii. A- ATG9, B-PI(3) Complex, C-TOR

iii. The TOR kinase complex acts as a negative regulator of autophagy

iv. The TOR kinase complex acts as a positive regulator of autophagy

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#Question id: 26467

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Which of the following protein reduces the lifetimes of the rrn open promoters to a level at which they are responsive to changes in iNTP and ppGpp concentrations