If a species showed no senescence, could there be immortal organisms in nature? Limit your answer to one to two sentences
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:
In principle yes, but extrinsic mortality would eventually kill even organisms that do not senesce.
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A. The cellular response to the second messenger B. G protein activity C. The MAP kinase cascade D. The flow of Ca++ ions through ion channel receptors
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A) anaphase B) prophase C) interphase D) metaphase E) cytokinesis
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What will be an ideal response?