#Question id: 11472
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
Sensory transduction of light in the vertebrate retina is accomplished by ________.
#Question id: 12958
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
The Norway rat (Rattus Norvegicus), a widespread pest, was controlled for about a decade by the anticoagulant warfarin. This chemical substance, placed in food pellets, is absorbed by the intestinal tract and inhibits the clotting of blood. After a population decline for about 10 years, rat populations increased and stabilized. In one European population, as illustrated in the graph below, the percentage of rats resistant to warfarin has remained fairly stable over a number of years
Resistance to warfarin is governed by a dominant autosomal gene, R. More than 15 percent of the resistant animals are heterozygous at this locus (Rr). The table below indicates the response to warfarin and relative reproductive fitness of individuals that are homozygous or heterozygous for the dominant gene (R). The RR individuals have a 20-fold increase in vitamin K requirement over individuals.
Fitness is a measure of the reproductive success of a particular genotype. The highest fitness is 1.00.
The strong dependence of RR individuals on large quantities of vitamin K probably is responsible for
#Question id: 19563
#Unit 12. Applied Biology
#Question id: 11318
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
Humans previously infected by schistosome organisms carried by wild game suffer less ill effects from the schistosome organism causing schistosomiasis. This process is known as __________.
#Question id: 7012
#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
The differentiated cells divide but maintain their differentiated functions. The new cells do not come from stem cells, nor do they come from the dedifferentiation of the adult cells. Each cell produces cells similar to itself; no mass of undifferentiated tissue forms. This type of regeneration is: