In the Study of Rapid Adaptive Evolution Through Exposure to Strongly

question 30

Multiple Choice

In the study of rapid adaptive evolution through exposure to strongly selective environments, the energy cost to an organism that emerges as the fittest is that it is

• A) slowed by the demands of the stress response.
• B) slowed as a result of decreasing respiratory activities.
• C) slow growth as a result of impaired DNA replication.
• D) uncontrolled growth due to an inability to regulate mRNA translation.
• E) uncontrolled growth due to an inability to regulate binary fission.

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The additional output that can be produced by adding one more unit of a specific input, keeping all other inputs constant.

Total Product

The total quantity of output produced by a firm or economy with a given amount of inputs.

Diminishing Returns

An economic principle stating that if one factor of production is increased while others remain constant, the overall returns will eventually decrease after a certain point.

Average Product

The output per unit of a specific factor of production, calculated by dividing total production by the quantity of the employed factor.