Conducting cells are specialized muscle cells which function to rapidly spread action potentials over the entire myocardium.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The number of species should increase with increasing island size. This is also known as the species-area hypothesis.

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Larger populations are more resistant to extinctions.

Greater ranges of habitats promote increased speciation rates.

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Fast generation and high mutation rate in tropical leads to greater evolution rate. 

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Area is directly proportional to the number of species.

Tropical have highest species due to the area.

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The species-area hypothesis S = c Az

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z values are often taken to represent the slope of the relationship between species richness and area.