#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: 515
#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology
Which amino acidʹs residue plays a role in the phosphoglycerate mutase reaction in glycolysis for muscle and yeast?
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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
Which of the following protein is closely related to the ubiquitous Ca2+-binding protein calmodulin ?
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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant
When red and far-red light were given together, the rate of photosynthesis was greater than the sum of the individual rates, phenomenon known as
#Question id: 10851
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
In contrast to microparasites, microparasites