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76) hatarethethreelevelsthroughwhichgenomicvariationisgeneratedbysexual W reproduction? Answer: First,eachanimalgeneratesanenormousvarietyofgametesfromagenomethatwas itselfderivedbyanear-randomcombinationofchromosomesfromtwodifferent parents:Ananimalwith23pairsofchromosomescanproducemorethan8million differentgametes.Second,duringmeiosis,chromosomalrecombinationscangenerate hybridsofmaternalandpaternalchromosomes.Andthird,thediploidoffspring producedbyfertilizationareuniquecombinationsofthevariantsgeneratedbythe firsttwoprocessescitedabove.
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77) escribethemechanismofsexdeterminationinthetwoformsofautomictic D parthenogenesis. Answer: Essentially,sexdeterminationdependsonwhichofthesexesishomogametic.In thelytoky,thehomogameticcondition(XX)isfemale,andthereforethe parthenogeneticallyproducedoffspringmustalsobehomogametic(XX)andfemale. Inarrhenotoky,theheterogametic(WZ)conditionisfemale:Sincefusionofthe matureovumwiththesecondpolarbodysimplyreunitesthechromatidsderived fromasingleparentchromosome,alloffspringmustbehomogametic(ZZorWW) andeithermale(ZZ)ornonviable(WW).
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79) escribetheinteractiverolesofthevarioushormonesintheprocessofparturition. D Answer: Duringgestation,highestrogentitersenhancethecontractilestrengthoftheuterine smoothmusclesaswellastheirexpressionofoxytocinreceptors,whileprogesterone inhibitsuterinecontractions.Attheendofgestationwhenprogesteronelevelsdecline, themusclesarefreedfrominhibition.Fetalcellsproduceoxytocin,whichstimulates thereleaseofcontraction-stimulatingprostaglandins.Simultaneously,thematernal posteriorpituitarybeginssecretingoxytocinthatcollectivelywiththeprostaglandins stimulateuterinesmoothmusclecontractions.Thestressstimulatesthereleaseof additionaloxytocinandprostaglandins,therebyengagingapositivefeedbackloop.
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82) hatistherelationshipbetweenglucocorticoidsandtestosteroneinthereproductive W behavioroffrogs? Answer: Calling,mediatedbytestosterone,isoneofthemostenergeticallycostlybehaviors observedinectotherms,necessitatingthemobilizationofenergystoresby glucocorticoids.Elevatedlevelsoftestosteroneresultinmorecalling,increasingthe demandforenergyandthetitersofglucocorticoids.Ultimately,theglucocorticoid levelsaresohighthatthestressresponseiselicited,testosteroneproductiondeclines, andcallingceases. PageRef:693
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