Which of the Following Is NOT a Reason for the Rapid

question 83

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the rapid explosion of the human population?

• A) increase in carrying capacity
• B) expansion into new habitat
• C) removal of limiting factors
• D) reproduction occurring earlier in the life cycle
• E) longer generation times

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Definitions:

Posttranscriptional Processing

The series of modifications that RNA transcripts undergo after transcription, including splicing, editing, and polyadenylation.

MRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that carries genetic information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cytoplasm.

Functional RNA

RNA molecules that play a role in the cell that goes beyond being a mere messenger of DNA, including tRNA and rRNA, which are involved in protein synthesis.

Triplets

The occurrence of three offspring born from the same pregnancy, either from one or multiple eggs.