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#Question id: 4952

Several scientific laboratories across the globe are involved in research concerning the origin of life on Earth. Which of these questions is currently the most problematic and would have the greatest impact on our understanding if we were able to answer it?

#Section 2: Evolution

  1. How can amino acids, simple sugars, and nucleotides be synthesized abiotically?

  2. How can RNA molecules catalyze reactions?

  3. How did RNA sequences come to carry the code for amino acid sequences?

  4. How could polymers involving lipids and/or proteins form membranes in aqueous environments?

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#Question id: 10243

#Section 1: Ecology

A group of species that potentially compete with one other for a resource, such as insect- eating birds, is called a
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#Question id: 11513

#Section 2: Evolution

Organisms whose life history adaptation is called semelparity
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#Question id: 3496

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Which of following favor adaptations for polygynous mating in species?

a. Male competition

b. Female competition

c. Male choice

d. Female choice
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#Question id: 4593

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of Darwin's ideas had the strongest connection to his reading of Malthus's essay on human population growth?
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#Question id: 11766

#Section 2: Evolution

The population density of a particular insect species was determined to be 15,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1996, 21,000 adults per hectare in the summer of 1997, and 29,400 adults per hectare in the summer of 1998.

What would you expect the insect population to be in the summer of 2000, assuming no change in λ?