#Question id: 3382
#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior
Researchers in the Netherlands studied the effects of parental care giving in European kestrels over 5 years. The researchers transferred chicks among nests to produce reduced broods (three or four chicks), normal broods (five or six), and enlarged broods (seven or eight). They then measured the percentage of male and female parent birds that survived the following winter. (Both males and females provide care for chicks.) Which of the following is a conclusion that can be drawn from this graph?
#Question id: 12589
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
#Question id: 3954
#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
Which sequence represents increasing levels of chromosomal organization, from most dispersed to most condensed?
#Question id: 4459
#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
Give correct explanation, why RNA polymerase can initiate a new RNA chain on a DNA template without any primer?
A. Because RNA polymerase starts most transcripts with an A, and that ribonucleotide binds the template nucleotide (T) with only two hydrogen bonds.
B. The enzyme has to make specific interactions with one or all of the DNA template strand, the initiating ribonucleotide, and the second ribonucleotide—holding one (or all) rigidly in the correct orientation to allow chemical attack on the incoming NTP.
C. The structure of the open complex shows that the s region 3/4 linker interacts with the template strand, organizing it in the correct conformation and location to allow initiation.
D. Consistent with this, in experiments using an RNA polymerase containing a s70 derivative lacking this part of s, initiation requires much lower than normal concentrations of one or both of the first two ribonucleotides.
#Question id: 11525
#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant
Coleoptiles are very sensitive to light, especially