In Tilman's experiments with diatoms, what was the outcome when the two species competed for silica?

A) Both coexisted.
B) Both survived several years but one eventually won out.
C) One outcompeted the other to extinction.
D) Both died.


C

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Why did Mendel perform reciprocal crosses?

A) To obtain enough plants to perform the experiments that Mendel wanted. B) To test a hypothesis that stated the ovum carries all the information for progeny. C) To be able to breed plants year round. D) To determine whether the inheritance of a trait depends on which parent carries the trait.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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As pyruvate is prepared for the citric acid cycle, it undergoes a process of

A) reductive carboxylation. B) oxidative decarboxylation. C) oxidative carboxylation. D) reductive decarboxylation. E) substrate level phosphorylation.

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