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#Question id: 5667

There may be an important connection between sperm translocation and capacitation. Which of the following option is correct explanation of above statement?

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

  1. The influx of bicarbonate ions (and possibly other ions) alkalinizes the sperm, raising its pH.

  2. before entering the ampulla of the oviduct, the uncapacitated sperm bind actively to the membranes of the oviduct cells in the narrow passage (the isthmus) preceding it.  This binding is temporary and appears to be broken when the sperm become capacitated.

  3. The cholesterol efflux from the sperm cell membrane is thought to change the location of its “lipid rafts,” isolated regions that often contain receptor proteins that can bind the zona pellucida and participate in the acrosome reaction.

  4. Capacitation is a transient event but translocation is not

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#Question id: 13139

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The logistic equation above is used to describe the rate of change of a population, N, with time, t, where r is the intrinsic rate of increase and K is the carrying capacity. Which of the following statements is true for this equation?
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#Question id: 13138

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Life-history characteristics associated with K-selected ordgtanisms include K
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#Question id: 13137

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Reproductive value (Vx ) calculated from population life-table data provides a measure of the 
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#Question id: 13136

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The figure below illustrates the relationship between population density in the present generation (Nt) and population equilibrium density of this population in the next generation (Nt+1). The dashed reference line has a slope of 1. Which of the following represents equilibrium density of this population?
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#Question id: 13134

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which  of  the  graphs  below  represents the  relationship between  population  size  (N)  and  population  growth  rate (dN/dt) for a population showing exponential growth?
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#Question id: 13133

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The diagram below depicts three general types of survivorship curves. Only the form of the curve is important, not its absolute scale. Which of the following statements is LEAST likely to be true?