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#Question id: 13188

The following figure is a model of seedling establishment as a function of distance from a parent tree. Initial seed density measures the number of seeds falling to the ground. Seed survivorship measures the proportion of seeds that survive to the adult stage at each distance

Which of the following factors is most likely to generate the seed survivorship curve shown?

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Seed predation is lowest far from the parent tree.
The best microhabitat for mutualistic seed dispersers is directly under the parent tree.
The best microhabitat for seedling growth is directly under the parent tree.
Many seeds reach the locations where they would have the highest probability of surviving to adulthood.

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#Question id: 73

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Match the Variation of Reaction Spontaneity (Sign of ΔG) given in Column I with the Signs of ΔH and ΔS given in column II.

COLUMN I	COLUMN II
	ΔH	ΔS	ΔG = ΔH – TΔS
1.	−	+	a. The reaction is both enthalpically and entropically opposed. It is nonspontaneous (endergonic) at all temperatures.
2.	−	−	b. The reaction is enthalpically opposed (endothermic) but entropically favored. It is spontaneous only at temperatures above T = ΔH/ΔS.
3.	+	+	c. The reaction is enthalpically favored but entropically opposed. It is spontaneous only at temperatures below T = ΔH/ΔS.
4.	+	−	d. The reaction is both enthalpically favored (exothermic) and entropically favored. It is spontaneous (exergonic) at all temperatures.

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#Question id: 674

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Proline is not often found in a-helices of proteins because it

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#Question id: 1520

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Following statements are regarding to enzymatic processing of benzo(a)pyrene to a more potent mutagen and carcinogen.

A. Liver enzymes, particularly P-450 enzymes, modify benzo(a)pyrene in a series of reactions, producing 7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide, a highly potent mutagenic species that reacts with DNA primarily at the N2 atom of a guanine base.

B. The adduct, (+)-trans-anti-B(a)P-N2-dG, causes polymerase to insert an A rather than a C opposite the modified G base. Next time the DNA is replicated, a T will be inserted opposite the A, and the mutation will be complete.

C. Potent mutagen majorly causes conversion of guanine (G) to thymine (T) bases, a transition mutation.

D. When this potent mutagen applied to cultured bronchial epithelial cells, activated benzo(a)pyrene induces many mutations, including activating mutations at codons 175, 248, and 273 of the p53 gene.

Which of the following statements are correct?

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#Question id: 835

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The minor clefts and gullies on the sides of the funnel that will be false energy minima, it represents,

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#Question id: 837

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Increasing order of free energy in unfolded to folded conformation of the proteins, the correct order is,

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#Question id: 2636

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