Parasitoids reduce the host population by ________
a. having their larvae steal the host's nutrients and eventually killing the host during larval development
b. outcompeting the host population for breeding sites and eventually killing the host during larval development
c. killing the host's offspring and outcompeting the host population for breeding sites
d. having larvae steal the host's nutrients and making the host sterile
e. having the larvae steal the host's nutrients and killing the host's offspring
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Describe the biochemical properties of a biological catalyst
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A. expression of the recessive gene is inactivated by the other X chromosome in females. B. males have only one X chromosome. C. males have a double dose of the gene. D. Y chromosomes are destabilized by the X chromosomes. E. females have only one X chromosome.
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