How does host genotype influence co-evolutionary patterns in host-parasite interactions? Provide an example.

To directly test if multicellularity in yeast can evolve as a response to predation pressure, what kind of experiment should you conduct?   Question 2 options:   Cultivate unicellular yeast in the presence and absence of predators and compare the frequency multicellular clusters in each treatment   Add rotifers to pure cultures of unicellular and multicellular yeast and measure the change in light absorption between unicellular and multicellular cultures over 5 days   Cultivate unicellular and multicellular yeast in the presence of predators and compare their growth rate   Cultivate unicellular and multicellular yeast under the exact same conditions and compare their fitness

The epidemiological or disease triangle is a model of disease causation that proposes three factors contribute to an outbreak – an agent that causes the disease, a susceptible host, and an environment that brings the host and agent together. Some general changes within these three factors that may cause an infectious disease to emerge include:     A. changes in populations or behavior of reservoir hosts or intermediate hosts   B. microbial genetic mutation and viral genetic recombination or assortment    C. environmental factors such as an increase in precipitation   D. all of the above    E. none of the above

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Which of the following is not a vector? Fomite Human Fly Flea Fomite AND human

On the tree of life, sex is: A) a synapomorphy for bacteria and archaea B) a symplesiomorphy for bacteria C) a synapomorphy for eukaryotes D) a synapomorphy for vertebrates In many animals, female reproductive success is limited by __ whereas male reproductive success is limited by __. A) fecundity, carbon budget B) allopatric, sympatric C) fecundity, access to mates D) costly eggs, cheap sperm In rough-skinned newts ... A) most males sire no offspring A) most males sire no offspring B) most males lead lives of "quiet desperation" C) a small number of males produce most of the offspring D) females are pretty similar in reproductive output E) All of the above F) None of the Above Asexual, all-male populations are called "parthenogenetic". A) True B) False Sexual species can respond faster to environmental change. A) True B) False

How can host speciation impact parasite speciation? What are the potential outcomes for parasites?

The fruit fly Drosophila neotestacea carries a bacterial symbiont and can also be infected by a nematode worm. The figure shows the number of eggs produced by female fruit flies that are or are not infected by the nematode (two bars on the left vs two bars on the right) and that do or do not have the bacterial symbiont (red vs blue bars). 30 | Symbiont | No symbiont 25 15 10 5 Infected Not infected Assuming that the nematode benefits by being inside the fly, the fly- nematode relationship, when there is no bacterial symbiont, is best described as a(n). Select one: a. mutualism b. competition c. commensalism d. host-parasite relationship Number of eggs produced per ovary 20

DOTa species The pesticide DDT was widely used in the 1940s as a method of insect control. In the late 1950s the first DDT-resistant mosquitoes were discovered, and eventually DDT-resistant mosquitoes were found globally. When DDT is used now, the development of DDT resistance in mosquito populations occurs in months rather than years.Which of the following best explains the observations concerning DDT resistance in mosquitoes? * The proportion of DDT-resistant mosquitoes in a population remains constant due to the metabolic costs of DDT utilization DDT is a chemical signal that delays normal reproductive cycles in many mosquito populations. Natural selection favors DDT-resistant mosquitoes that are already present in a population when DDT exposure occurs. Competition for limited resources causes mosquitoes to migrate to geographical areas that have richer supplies of DDT. A population of 1,492 finches is introduced to a rainforest. Over the next year, the finches showa death rate of…

Discuss impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on ecosystem