Ecology Is Best Defined as the Study of

question 40

Multiple Choice

Ecology is best defined as the study of

• A) populations.
• B) the rate of population changes.
• C) communities.
• D) how populations are restricted by environmental resistance.
• E) the interactions between organisms and with their physical surroundings.

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Definitions:

Translation

During gene expression, the process whereby ribosomes use the sequence of codons in mRNA to produce a polypeptide with a particular sequence of amino acids.

Transcription

First stage of gene expression; process whereby a DNA strand serves as a template for the formation of mRNA.

RNAi

Short for RNA interference, a biological process in which RNA molecules inhibit gene expression, typically by causing the destruction of specific mRNA molecules.

Specific Alleles

Specific alleles refer to particular variants of a gene that can exist at a given locus on a chromosome, contributing to the diversity of traits within a population.