A population's __________ is the average number of children born to women during their reproductive

years. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


total fertility rate or (TFR)

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A. An excited-state reaction center chlorophyll B. An excited-state antenna chlorophyll

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Which of the following do not prevent predation?

1.countershading 2.transparent bodies 3.forming colonies 4.buoyancy

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Although the most frequent forms of Down syndrome are caused by a random error, nondisjunction of chromosome 21, Down syndrome occasionally runs in families. The cause of this form of familial Down syndrome is ________

A) an inversion involving chromosome 21 B) too many X chromosomes C) a chromosomal aberration involving chromosome 1 D) a translocation between chromosome 21 and a member of the D chromosome group E) a maternal age effect

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What is the adaptation hypothesis?

A) The phage mutates so it can't infect bacteria any longer. B) The phage stimulates the bacteria to mutate to become immune to the phage. C) The phage and bacteria both mutate so the phage becomes less virulent. D) The phage mutates to infect bacteria more effectively. E) The bacteria will mutate so it can become an auxotroph.

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