Which of the following examples illustrates osmosis?
a. water leaves the tubules of the kidney in response to the hypertonic fluid surrounding the tubules.
b. digestive enzymes are excreted into the small intestine.
c. white blood cells consume pathogens and cell debris at the site of an infection.
d. calcium is pumped inside a muscle cell after the muscle completes its contraction.

What role does differential reproduction play in natural selection? ! a) some organisms have different reproductive success due to nongenetic traits. b) some organisms have traits that them reach reproductive age. c) different methods of reproduction result in some organisms being genetically altered. d) reproduction varies among organisms due to pathogenic factors. the answer is not a or d based on other posts.

The tasmanian devil, a marsupial carnivore, is facing extinction due to devil facial tumor disease (dftd) which causes bulging cancerous lumps and lesions to erupt around the face and neck — often causing enough deformation to make seeing or eating difficult. dftd has evolved into a contagious cancer, a trait that is unique among cancers. devil mating behavior involves biting around the head and neck, allowing cells from one individual — especially cells from the crumbly dftd tumors — to be transferred to the wounds or face of a new individual. this marsupial was once found across australia, but sea levels rose, isolating the tasmanian population, while the australian population went extinct. what would be an outcome of genetic isolation that is likely to have impacted the spread of dftd? a) reduced territory puts diseased individuals in greater contact with non-diseased ones. b) inbreeding results in less variation in facial features so the cancer is generally fatal. c) genetic isolation has made it difficult for scientists to develop a vaccine against dftd. d) the lack of genetic variation in the immune system of tasmanian devils minimizes resistance to the disease.

Which of the following statements is true? a. there are more chromosomes in an organism than there are genes. b. there are more genes in an organism that there are chemical bases. c. dna is made of sugar, phosphate, and carbon. d. genes are found in specific locations on a chromosome.