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#Question id: 7768

The insulin signaling pathway inhibits the synthesis of the Foxo transcription factor proteins that would otherwise increase cellular longevity. Downregulation of the insulin signaling pathway has several other functions, choose right one

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
  1. It appears to influence metabolism, increasing mitochondrial electron transport.
  2. When the DAF-2 receptor is not active, cells increase the production of enzymes that prevent oxidative damage, as well as DNA repair enzymes.
  3. This lack of insulin signaling increases fertility.
  4. Decrease in DNA synthetic enzymes and in enzymes that protect against ROS is due to the Foxo/DAF-16 transcription factor
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#Question id: 12072

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

If the average hydrostatic pressure in the glomerular capillaries is 50 mm Hg, the hydrostatic pressure in the Bowman’s space is 12 mm Hg, the average colloid osmotic pressure in the glomerular capillaries is 30 mm Hg, and there is no protein in the glomerular ultrafiltrate, what is the net pressure driving glomerular filtration?
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#Question id: 12074

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following tends to increase potassium secretion by the cortical collecting tubule?
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#Question id: 12076

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Furosemide (Lasix) is a diuretic that also produces natriuresis. Which of the following is an undesirable side effect of furosemide due to its site of action on the renal tubule?
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#Question id: 12099

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

According to the competitive exclusion principle, two species cannot continue to occupy the same
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#Question id: 12100

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Prairie dogs once covered the expanses of the Great Plains. Their grazing made the grass more nutritious for the huge herds of bison, and a variety of snakes, raptors, and mammals   preyed on the rodents. In fact, the black- footed ferret (now endangered) specialized in prairie dog predation. Today, growing housing and agricultural developments have covered many prairie dog towns. Which of the following statements about prairie dogs is true?
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#Question id: 12101

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The sum total of an organism's interaction with the biotic and abiotic resources of its environment is called its