Suppose you are a fresh appointee in a school, a girl student stays in school hostel throughout summer-break and preparing for the competitive examination. Because she does not rely on officials so she requests to collect her post at your postal address. What would you like to do in that case?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

#Question id: 24572

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

#Question id: 24571

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

In which case the population eventually decline to extinction?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

#Question id: 13143

#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.