Generalist Species Tend to Have a Broad Niche While Specialist

question 27

Short Answer

Generalist species tend to have a broad niche while specialist species have a ____________________ niche.

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Definitions:

Sodium-potassium Pumps

Cellular membrane proteins that actively transport sodium out of and potassium into cells, essential for maintaining cell volume and resting membrane potential.

Ion Pumps

Proteins found in the cell membrane that use energy to transfer ions against their concentration gradient, maintaining the internal balance of cells.

Antiporters

Antiporters are proteins that transport two or more ions or molecules in opposite directions across a cell membrane, crucial for maintaining cellular ion balance.

Hypertonic

A term referring to a solution having an osmotic pressure (or solute concentration) greater than that of the solution with which it is compared. Compare with hypotonic and isotonic.