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For a particular microarray assay (DNA chip), cDNA has been made from the mRNAs of a dozen patients' breast tumor biopsies. Which of the following types of evidence will researchers be looking for in order to determine if the cells are cancerous?

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
  1. a particular gene that is amplified in all or most of the patient samples

  2. a pattern of fluorescence that indicates which cells are over proliferating

  3. a pattern shared among some or all of the samples that indicates gene expression differing from control samples

  4. a group of cDNAs that match those in non-breast cancer control samples from the same population

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#Question id: 12228

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following examples best describes an ecological community?

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#Question id: 12229

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Community ecologists would consider which of the following to be most significant in understanding the structure of an ecological community?

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#Question id: 12230

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Historically, most ecological research on the community has focused on which of the following? 

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#Question id: 12231

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following studies would a community ecologist undertake to learn about competitive interactions? 

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

White-breasted nuthatches and Downy woodpeckers both eat insects that hide in the furrows of bark in hardwood trees. The Downy woodpecker searches for insects by hunting from the bottom of the tree trunk to the top, while the White-breasted nuthatch searches from the top of the trunk down. These hunting behaviours best illustrate which of the following ecological concepts?

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#Question id: 12233

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Monarch butterflies are protected from birds and other predators but the cardiac glycosides they incorporate into their tissues are from eating milkweed when they were in their caterpillar stage of development. The wings of a different species of butterfly, the Viceroy, look nearly identical to the Monarch so predators that have learned not to eat the bad-tasting Monarch avoid Viceroys as well. This example best describes