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#Question id: 4703


Within a few weeks of treatment with the drug 3TC, a patientʹs HIV population consists entirely of 3TC-resistant viruses. How can this result best be explained?

#Section 2: Evolution
  1. HIV can change its surface proteins and resist vaccines.

  2. The patient must have become reinfected with 3TC-resistant viruses.

  3. HIV began making drug-resistant versions of reverse transcriptase in response to the drug.

  4. A few drug-resistant viruses were present at the start of treatment, and natural selection increased their frequency.

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#Question id: 10630

#Section 1: Ecology

Following is relation between population size with various strategies of species, following is correct figure? 


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#Question id: 10631

#Section 1: Ecology

To estimate the number of foxes m an area, a researcher conducted a mark-recapture survey. In the fast survey, he caught and marked 90 foxes. In his second survey a week later, he caught 120 foxes of which 40 were marked (recaptures). If you are told that the actual number of foxes in this area is 400, which of the following is a plausible explanation for the anomaly in the researcher's data? 

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#Question id: 10632

#Section 1: Ecology

Three different population growth pattern related to population density are shown in figure

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#Question id: 10634

#Section 1: Ecology

Consider a population which is changing from one generation to the next as per the equation N(t) = R*N(t-1), where N(t) represents the size of the population at time t and R is a constant growth parameter. Under what condition is the population likely to go extinct?

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#Question id: 10635

#Section 1: Ecology

Three important biological parameters – generation time, per capita growth rate (r) and clutch size are a function of the organism‟s body size. Which of the curves (a) or (b) represents the correct relation of each of the parameters to body size?



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#Question id: 10640

#Section 1: Ecology

Given below is a graphical representation of plant life histories based on Grime's model in which disturbance and competition are the important factors


Which of the following options correctly represents A, B and C, respectively in the figure above?