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

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Six different mutations 1 to 6, from the following results of functional allelism tests whereby the mutants were crossed with each other, determine location of mutant gene.

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Following statement regarding to acrosome reaction in sea urchin.

A. Activation of the acrosome reaction serves as a barrier to intraspecies fertilizations.

B. The acrosome reaction is initiated by sulfate-containing polysaccharides in the egg jelly that bind to specific receptors located directly above the acrosomal vesicle on the sperm cell membrane.

C. These polysaccharides are often highly species specific, but egg jelly factors from one species of sea urchin generally activate the acrosome reaction in closely related species.

D. The elevated Ca2+ level in a relatively basic cytoplasm triggers the fusion of the acrosomal membrane with the adjacent sperm cell membrane, releasing enzymes that can lyse a path through the egg jelly to the vitelline envelope.

Which of the following statements are correct?

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

 Which of the following statements most detracts from the claim that the human appendix is a completely vestigial organ?