Trophic-level transfer efficiency is low for the two reasons

a- Many organisms cannot digest all their prey.  

b- Much of the energy assimilated by animals is used in maintenance.

c- The dead organisms and feces become dinner for decomposers.

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Phytochrome interacting factors (PIFs) are a family of proteins that act primarily as negative regulators of photomorphogenic responses.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

H2AX phosphorylated at serine 129 in yeast, 139 in mammals) is referred to as g-H2AX. g-H2AX is a universal marker for double strand breaks

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Prophage - Phage genome that is integrated into a bacterial chromosome.

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Orthogenesis - “Straight-line evolution,” held that the variation that arises is directed toward fixed goals.

So that a species evolves in a predetermined direction by some kind of internal drive, without the aid of natural selection.

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

The increase in Ca2+ concentration is transient because the Ca2+ is rapidly pumped back into the SR by an abundant, Ca2+ ATPase.