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#Question id: 9193

Which of the following best describes the consequences of White-band disease in Caribbean coral reefs?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. Staghorn coral has been decimated by the pathogen, and Elkhorn coral has taken its place.
  2. Key habitat for lobsters, snappers, and other reef fishes has improved.
  3. Algal species take the place of the dead coral, and the fish community is dominated by herbivores.
  4. Algal species take over and the overall reef diversity increases due to increases in primary productivity.
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#Question id: 7298

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

In what way are the homeotic genes of flowering plants similar to those of Drosophila and other animals?
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#Question id: 7299

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Maintenance of the shoot meristems in adult Arabidopsis plants relies on which of the following mechanisms?
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#Question id: 7301

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

An Rajasthani hunter was worried about being attacked by grizzly tigers, so he left the lights in his cabin on all the time. Plants near the cabin flowered a month early. Which of the following best explains this?
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#Question id: 7302

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Match the following level of microRNAs in Arabidopsis (Column II and III) with their Phases (Column I)

   Phases (Column I)

 microRNAs (Column II)

Level of microRNAs (Column III)

A. Juvenile vegetative phase

i. miR156

a. Low

B. Adult vegetative phase

ii. miR172

b. High

C. Reproductive phase

 

 

Which of the following combination is correct?
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#Question id: 7304

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Which one of the following will be observed when auxin to cytokinin ratio is increased in the culture medium during organogenesis from tobacco pith callus?
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#Question id: 7306

#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

A plant scientist was hired by a greenhouse operator to devise a way to force iris plants to bloom in the short days of winter. Iris normally blooms as a long-day (short-night) plant. Which of the following has the best chance of creating iris blooms in winter?