Many mouse genes are “tissue-specific,” that is, they are present throughout the body but are expressed in only one of the animal’s many tissue types. (Other mouse genes are expressed throughout the body, or in multiple tissues.) Geneticists can study the regulation of a mouse gene by fusing the gene’s promoter region to the LacZ coding sequence and injecting the construct to create a transgenic mouse. Fusion of the mouse amylase promoter to LacZ yielded a Pamylase-LacZ construct.

You are surprised to observe that mice homozygous for the transgene insertion display a serious heart defect. (Heterozygotes have normal hearts.) which one is a  possible explanation?

a) LacZ overexpression (with two copies of the transgene) causes the defect.

b) the insertion disrupted a gene that is haploinsufficient.

c) the insertion disrupted a gene that is haplosufficient.

d) LacZ expression inhibition (with two copies of the transgene) causes the defect.

Which of the following statements is correct  predict about the  heart defect?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

In recognizing patchiness in the natural world, ecologists have developed three different models of populations. Which of these recognize(s) that there are differences in the quality of habitat patches without considering effects of differences in habitat quality within the habitat matrix?

#Question id: 11715

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The lifetime dispersal area of a particular species of drosophila is 0.2 km2. What else would we need to know to determine the neighbourhood size for this species?

#Question id: 11716

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Macroecology addresses patterns of range size and population density. Which of the following statements is true?

#Question id: 11764

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The mathematical model for geometric growth of a population is identical to the model for exponential growth, except that __________ in the geometric model.

#Question id: 11765

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The population density of a particular insect species was determined to be 15,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1996, 21,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1997, and 29,400 adults per hectare in the summer of 1998. Based on these population estimates, what is your estimate of λ, the annual rate of geometric growth?

#Question id: 11766

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The population density of a particular insect species was determined to be 15,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1996, 21,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1997, and 29,400 adults per hectare in the summer of 1998.

What would you expect the insect population to be in the summer of 2000, assuming no change in λ?