Character                     early-stage     late stage 

Root to shoot ratio                    high               low

Number of seed                          many             few

Seed size                                      small             large

Biotic potential                           high              low

Productivity per biomass           high              low

NPP                                              high              low

P/R ratio                                       >1                =1

Nutrient cycling                          open             closed

Importance of detrivores           less                more

Stratification                               No                Yes 

Regeneration ability                   more             less

Resistance ability                        less               more

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Supplementary gene interaction (9:3:4)

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The thyroid hormone receptor usually forms a heterodimer with retinoid X receptor (RXR) at specific thyroid hormone response elements on the DNA

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Threonine -160 phosphorylation is mediated by 

CDK-activating kinase (CAK)

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activation of the M2 receptors decreases cyclic adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate (cAMP) in the cells, and this slows the opening of Ca 2+ channels.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

A plot of the amount of ligand bound to the receptor

[RL] versus the amount of free ligand [L] called a

ligand-binding or saturation curve