The term "ecology" was first used by
A. Henry David Thoreau.
B. Eugene P. Odum.
C. Alfred Russel Wallace.
D. Charles Darwin.
E. Ernst Haeckel.
Answer: E
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Most individuals in academia are basic researchers, funded through research grants from agencies or foundations. Based on your knowledge of applied research, an industrial company would most likely employ individuals
A. who develop alternative fuel sources. B. who identify a new species of beetle in the Amazon rainforest. C. looking at novel proteins involved in the development of a neurological disease. D. who document fossils found in a specific archeological expedition.
Because artificial selection is controlled by a breeder, how does it compare to natural selection?
A. It usually occurs at the same pace because mutations occur at the same rate. B. It usually is less efficient because there is no competition between individuals. C. It usually is more efficient because it is controlled through breeding and not reproductive success. D. It works well, but will only be able to produce a range of phenotypes based on the initial variation seen within the initial population. E. It works equally well, because both principles use the idea of hereditary traits to pass along variation to offspring.
A key difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomes is
a. the lack of controls of gene expression in prokaryotes. b. the physical arrangement of genes on the chromosome(s). c. the near simultaneous transcription and translation that occurs in eukaryotes and is strictly sequential in prokaryotes. d. the physical separation of transcription and translation in prokaryotes compared to no separation of the processes in eukaryotes. e. the regulation of the cell cycle by eukaryotes which is not observed in prokaryotes.
mRNA molecules are exported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm via
a. a consensus sequence located at the 3?terminus. b. the 7-methylguanosine cap structure. c. importin. d. associated proteins that contain export signals.