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#Question id: 12570

Extinction is a natural phenomenon. It is estimated that 99% of all species that ever lived are now extinct. Why then do we say that we are now in a biodiversity crisis?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. Humans are ethically responsible for protecting endangered species.
  2. Scientists have finally identified most of the species on earth and are thus able to Quantify the number of species becoming extinct.
  3. The current rate of extinction is high and human activities threaten biodiversity at all levels.
  4. Humans  have  greater  medical  needs  than  at  any  other  time  in  history,  and  many  potential  medicinal compounds are being lost as plant species become extinct.
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#Question id: 5346

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The following typical pedigree illustrates the key point that affected children are born to unaffected parents: Which of the following is correct statement?
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#Question id: 5347

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The inheritance of a given disorder is recorded in small families shown below: Based on the above limited information, which one of the following inheritance pattern best explains the observations?
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#Question id: 5356

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In the following pedigree, individuals with shaded circle or shaded square show presence of a recessive autosomal trait. The calculated risk of occurrence of this trait for III-I is
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#Question id: 5357

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

This pedigree shows the inheritance of a recessive trait in humans. Individuals that have the trait are homozygous for a recessive allele a. If H and I, who happen to be first cousins, marry and have a child, what is the chance that this child will have the recessive trait?
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#Question id: 5363

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

A Southern blot using a probe that binds to the region spanning the mutation causing albinism detects one DNA fragment in homozygous normal individuals (A/A) and two fragments in albino individuals (a/a). Following banding pattern of three offspring of parents? Which of the following correct regarding parents?
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#Question id: 5423

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Maximum height of plant is 200 cm and minimum average height is 80cm. if plant height is controle by 5 pairs of polygene, which of the following plant exhibit average phenotype?