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#Question id: 3458

Which of the following examples reflects the concept of optimal foraging?

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

  1. During foraging, a mule deer will consume food as soon as it finds it, regardless of the location.

  2. A cheetah will continue a chase for prey, regardless of how long the chase lasts or how much energy is consumed.

  3. A moose spends more time looking for food when the food is high quality than when the food is low quality.

  4. If an animal is hungry it will consume food as soon as it is found, regardless of the food quality or the risk.

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#Question id: 2822

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Transposition by a bacterial insertion element

a. occurs at a frequency of approximately 1 in 10^3 cells per generation.

b. can inactivate an essential gene.    

c. is mediated through a RNA intermediate.

d. requires the enzyme transposase
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#Question id: 2823

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Transposition by a retrotransposon requires activity of which of the following enzymes?

a. RNA polymerase                b. reverse transcriptase

c. DNA methylase                  d. DNA polymerase
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#Question id: 2824

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Plant mitochondrial DNA

a. is the same size as human mitochondrial DNA.

b. encodes a 5S mitochondrial rRNA.

c. contains multiple copies that recombine with each other.

d. uses the standard genetic code.
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#Question id: 2825

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Metaphase chromosomes can be identified

a. by shape.                 

b. by the size and number of introns.

c. by banding patterns with Giemsa reagent.

d. by chromosome painting.
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#Question id: 2826

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

An open reading frame (ORF) is defined as a DNA sequence that

a. begins with a start codon.               

b. ends with a stop codon.

c. contains 50 codons.   

d. contains approximately an equal frequency of A, T, G, and C.
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#Question id: 2827

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Two related genes that are derived from a gene duplication event are considered to be

a. homologous.                                   

b. paralogous.

c. orthologous.                       

d. members of a gene family.