You are surveying biodiversity on a new island chain. You have counted the number of bird species on one island already. The next island is larger and closer to the mainland than the one you have just surveyed
According to the theory of island biogeography, the total number
of its bird species should be
____ than on the current island because the rate of immigration to the new island should be
____ and the rate of extinction should be ____ . Refer to Figure 46.17 in your text for help.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
greater (larger), higher, lower
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a. uterus b. ovary c. vagina d. clitoris e. oviduct
What technique would you use to detect a target sequence in an intact chromosome using a labeled molecular probe?
A) PCR B) in situ hybridization C) western blotting D) Sanger sequencing E) karyotyping
What does the following figure illustrate? (Each dot represents a pair of Drosophila species)
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