In the Process of Researching How to Manage a Large

question 37

Multiple Choice

In the process of researching how to manage a large game ranch, historical accounts indicated that a species of deer that once lived there had been extirpated. After doing some research to determine what might be an appropriately sized founding population, managers reintroduced deer to the ranch. The population then increased for several generations, and the managers graphed the number of individuals (vertical axis) against time, or the number of generations (horizontal axis) . If no natural predators are impacting the population, which of the following graphs best represents the population?

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Definitions:

Tissue

Groups of cells in an organism that have similar structure and function; types include muscle, nerve, epithelial, and connective tissues.

Cell

The basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organisms, a building block of life.

Disease

A condition that negatively affects the structure or function of part or all of an organism, and is not due to any external injury.

Karyogenesis

The process of nucleus formation in cells, especially during cell division.