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#Question id: 12427


Trophic efficiency is

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. The ratio of net secondary production to assimilation of primary production. 
  2.  The percentage of production transferred from one trophic level to the next. 
  3. A measure of how nutrients are cycled from one trophic level to the next. 
  4. Usually greater than production efficiencies
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#Question id: 4219

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Which of the following statements correctly describes Archibald Garrod's hypothesis for how "inborn errors of metabolism" such as alkaptonuria occur?

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#Question id: 4220

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

A particular triplet of bases in the template strand of DNA is 5′-AGT-3′. What would be the corresponding codon for the mRNA that is transcribed?

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#Question id: 4221

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The genetic code is essentially the same for all organisms. From this, one can logically assume which of the following statements to be true?

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#Question id: 4222

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Use the figure to answer the question. The figure shows a simple metabolic pathway. According to Beadle and Tatum's hypothesis, how many genes are necessary for this pathway?

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#Question id: 4223

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Use the figure to answer the question. Refer to the metabolic pathway illustrated. If A, B, and C are all required for growth, a strain that is mutant for the gene-encoding enzyme A would be able to grow on medium supplemented with which of the following nutrient(s)?

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#Question id: 4224

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Use the figure to answer the question Refer to the metabolic pathway illustrated. If A, B, and C are all required for growth, a strain mutant for the gene encoding enzyme B would be able to grow on medium supplemented with which of the following nutrient(s)?