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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
Two pure line of corn have mean cob length of 15 cm and 5 cm, respectively. 6 polygenes involved in this trait exhibit additive gene action. Crossing these two lines is expected to produce a progeny population with mean cob length of
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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
First child of both affected couple has normal, an autosomal dominant disorder. What is probability of second child of this couple would have diseased?
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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant
Rhizobacteria function as
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#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology
A change from one conformation of a molecule to another involves ________.
#Question id: 16121
#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
Match the following mechanisms (Column I) with their correct example (Column II).
Column I |
Column II |
A. Heat-generating and heat-retaining mechanisms |
i. increased metabolic rate (thyroid hormones, sympathetic nervous system) |
B. Heat-dissipating mechanisms |
ii. vasodilation of blood vessels of the skin
(decreased sympathetic tone) |
|
iii. increased activity of sympathetic cholinergic
fibers to sweat glands. |
|
iv. shivering |
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v. vasoconstriction of blood vessels of the skin (increased
sympathetic tone) |