The most plausible hypothesis to explain why species richness is higher in tropical than in temperate regions is that

 A) tropical communities are older.

 B) tropical regions generally have more available water and higher levels of solar radiation.

 C) higher temperatures cause more rapid speciation.

 D) diversity increases as evapotranspiration decreases.

#Question id: 9247

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

What is the single greatest threat to biodiversity?

#Question id: 10695

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Consumer (+) and resource (-) interactions classified by the two factor

T- Duration or intimacy of the association between individuals

Kp- Probability that resource individuals will be killed

Which of the following some statement are correct?

A-  Value of T for Grazer is greater than parasite

B-  Value of Kp for predator is greater than parasite

C-  Value of Kp for parasite is greater than parasitoid

D-  Value of T for parasitoid is greater than predator

#Question id: 23639

#General Aptitude

#Question id: 4901

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Assume that the alleles A (dominant) and a (recessive) show a maternal effect mode of inheritance. In a cross between an Aa female and an aa male, what would be the phenotypes of the progeny?

#Question id: 3635

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In the multiple allele series that determines coat color in rabbits, c+codes for agouti, cch for chinchilla and ch for Himalayan. Dominance is in the order c+>cch>ch. In a cross of c+/cch X cch/ch, what proportion of progeny will be chinchilla?