This was a small example to learn concepts, and it is much smaller than real genes. in a real gene, the exons average about 150 bases each and are almost always less than 400. introns can be highly variable in length but may be hundreds of bases. a small gene might have 4,500 bases and many exons and introns. remember that in this activity, each square was used to represent one base. one or two exons or introns might fill up a sheet of graph paper. how many pages would you need to represent a small gene of 4,500 bases? (figure out or count how many squares are on one sheet of graph paper. then figure out how many sheets would have 4,500 squares.)

answer: decrease

a limiting factor is the one which decrease the abundance, distribution and causes extinction of the population of species in a ecosystem. here, predators including hawks, owls and snakes are the limiting factor for the population of mexican free tailed bat.   although bats are nocturnal animals as they forge for food at night these predators also may remain active during night which can decrease the population of the mexican free-tailed bats. also, these bats eat only one type of insects that are moths. the food can also be a limiting factor as all 400 members are dependent upon same type of food needs that are moths. the decrease in the moth population can cause decrease in population size of the mexican free-tailed bats.

therefore, the scenarios will most likely to decrease the population size of the mexican free-tailed bats.