A Large, Established Organization Pursues a Broad Range of Resources

question 84

Multiple Choice

A large, established organization pursues a broad range of resources in many niches. This company created a new niche in which a new firm could enter and survive. Which of the following strategies is most likely to be used by the organization that enters the newly created niche?

• A) r-specialist
• B) r-generalist
• C) K-specialist
• D) K-generalist

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Definitions:

Genome

Originally, all the genetic material in a cell or individual organism. The term is used in more than one way depending on context (e.g., an organism’s haploid genome is all the DNA contained in one haploid set of its chromosomes, and its mitochondrial genome is all the DNA in a mitochondrion). See Human Genome.

Chromosomal DNA

Chromosomal DNA is the DNA that constitutes the chromosomes of a cell, encoding most of the genetic information needed for the organism's development, functioning, and reproduction.

Human Genome Project

Initiative completed in 2003 to determine the sequence of bases for a human haploid reference genome of more than 3 billion nucleotide base pairs.

Bt Corn

Genetically modified corn expressing a bacterium toxin, providing resistance to certain pests.