Rod cells sense light with the aid of a light-sensitive GPCR known as rhodopsin; choose incorrect statements

a. Rhodopsin consists of the protein opsin, which has the usual seven–transmembrane segment GPCR structure, covalently linked to a light-absorbing pigment called retinal. 

b. Rhodopsin, found only in rod cells, is localized to the thousand or so flattened membrane disks that make up the inner segment of each of these rod-shaped cells.

c. A human rod cell contains about 4 × 10⁷ molecules of rhodopsin. 

d. The heterotrimeric G protein coupled to rhodopsin, called transducin (Gt), contains a Gα unit referred to as Gαt; like rhodopsin, Gαt is found only in rod cells.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which  of  the  following  are  important  biotic  factors  that  can  affect  the  structure  and  organization of  biological communities?

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

All of the following have been used by plants to avoid being eaten except

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#Question id: 12233

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Monarch butterflies are protected from birds and other predators but the cardiac glycosides they incorporate into their tissues are from eating milkweed when they were in their caterpillar stage of development. The wings of a different species of butterfly, the Viceroy, look nearly identical to the Monarch so predators that have learned not to eat the bad-tasting Monarch avoid Viceroys as well. This example best describes

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#Question id: 12232

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

White-breasted nuthatches and Downy woodpeckers both eat insects that hide in the furrows of bark in hardwood trees. The Downy woodpecker searches for insects by hunting from the bottom of the tree trunk to the top, while the White-breasted nuthatch searches from the top of the trunk down. These hunting behaviours best illustrate which of the following ecological concepts?

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#Question id: 12231

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following studies would a community ecologist undertake to learn about competitive interactions? 

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#Question id: 12229

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Community ecologists would consider which of the following to be most significant in understanding the structure of an ecological community?