What were the short-term responses of each population during the first 20 years following the removal of the prairie dogs?
a. Prairie dogs remained absent, and the mesquite population level rose to dominate thecommunity landscape
b. Ferrets, hawks, forbs, and mice populations all reduced very quickly to zero or near zero.
c. Grasses rose very quickly, but then began to fall.
d. All of the above.
d
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A) replication. B) activation. C) transcription. D) translation. E) transformation.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If you were able to look very closely at a portion of DNA and find methylated histones, you would
A. be looking at a region of inactive chromatin. B. be looking at a chromatin remodeling complex. C. be mistaken since only DNA can be methylated, not histones. D. be looking at a region of active chromatin.