Examples of "new" features, which include wings on insects, flowers on plants, and feathers on birds,
are referred to as:
a. preadaptations.
b. allometric growth.
c. allopolyploidy.
d. paedomorphosis.
e. punctuated equilibrium.
A
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Which theory of water transport in xylem can also be used to explain the primary movement of water in nonvascular plants such as mosses?
A) cohesion-tension B) capillarity C) proton pump D) air pressure
Most of the energy available to a primary consumer
a. will be used up in various biological activities. b. will be converted into biomass. c. is obtained directly from solar energy. d. will be passed on to the animal that feeds upon it. e. will remain with the consumer until death.
The difference between Sanger sequencing and NGS is that ________.
A. Sanger sequencing is expensive and time consuming whereas NGS is faster and cheaper B. Sanger uses dideoxynucleotide triphosphates in solution whereas NGS uses oligonucleotide adapters C. Sanger uses a chain termination method whereas NGS uses parallel sequencing of identical fragments D. All of the choices are correct.
The plasmodial and cellular slime molds differ in a number of features. Select the following choice that is not a difference.
A. Aggregation of individuals when conditions worsen B. Synchronization of mitosis C. Ability to form spore-producing structures D. Ability to form an acellular plasmodium E. Ability to form individual amoebas