How Do Primary Endosymbionts of Insects Differ from Secondary Endosymbionts

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Multiple Choice

How do primary endosymbionts of insects differ from secondary endosymbionts?

• A)Primary endosymbionts provide the insect with nutrients.
• B)Secondary endosymbionts protect the insect from harmful bacteria.
• C)Secondary endosymbionts do not remain with the host after three or four generations.
• D)Primary endosymbionts show evidence of co-speciation with the host insect.
• E)Secondary endosymbionts can easily be cultured.

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Hypothesized Population

The theoretical or assumed characteristics of a population from which a sample is drawn for the purpose of hypothesis testing.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that describes the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by quantifying the dispersion of sample means around the population mean.

Critical Value Approach

A method of statistical testing which involves comparing the calculated value of a test statistic to a critical value to decide whether or not to reject the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in statistics that proposes there is no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption to be tested against an alternative hypothesis.