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#Question id: 11226


At the neuromuscular junction, the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) is degraded by acetylcholinesterase. If a neurophysiologist applies the naturally occurring acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, onchidal (produced by the mollusc Onchidella binneyi), to a synapse, what would you expect to happen?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. paralysis of muscle tissue
  2. convulsions due to constant muscle stimulation
  3. decrease in the frequency of action potentials
  4. no effect
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#Question id: 12592

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Use the following diagram of five islands formed at around the same time near a particular mainland and MacArthur and Wilson's island biogeography principles to answer the following questions.

Which island would likely have the greatest species diversity?

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#Question id: 12593

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Use the following diagram of five islands formed at around the same time near a particular mainland and MacArthur and Wilson's island biogeography principles to answer the following questions.

Which island would likely exhibit the most impoverished species diversity?

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#Question id: 12594

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Use the following diagram of five islands formed at around the same time near a particular mainland and MacArthur and Wilson's island biogeography principles to answer the following questions.

Which island would likely have the lowest extinction rate?

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#Question id: 12595

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Use the following diagram of five islands formed at around the same time near a particular mainland and MacArthur and Wilson's island biogeography principles to answer the following questions

Which island would likely have the lowest immigration rate?

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#Question id: 12596

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following best describes the consequences of White-band disease in Caribbean coral reefs? 

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#Question id: 12597

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Probably the most important factor(s) affecting the distribution of biomes is (are)