Biotic potential is
A. the average number of offspring that survive a single mating.
B. generally equal to the number of offspring needed to maintain a population.
C. the movement of genes from one species to another.
D. the theoretical maximum rate of reproduction.
D. the theoretical maximum rate of reproduction.
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Each replication fork requires both leading and lagging strand synthesis because
A. DNA synthesis must be complementary. B. DNA polymerases can only synthesize DNA 3' to 5'. C. the DNA templates are antiparallel and yet the DNA polymerases only work in one direction. D. the helicase unwinds one strand faster than the other. E. All of these choices are correct.
Pertussis (whooping cough), an epidemic disease, is a highly contagious, acute infection of the upper respiratory tract caused by the _________ species
a. Brucella b. Bordetella c. Pasteurella d. Francisella
If you placed a red blood cell in a hypotonic solution, you would predict that its volume would ____ while the solute concentration in its cytoplasm would ____.
A. increase, increase B. increase, decrease C. decrease, increase D. decrease, decrease E. decrease, not change
Secondary xylem is formed in association with the ____
a. pith b. inner face of the vascular cambium c. outer face of the vascular cambium d. inner face of the cork cambium e. outer face of the cork cambium