The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment.
Two adaptations of a saguaro cactus in order to store water are as following:
1. large stems can store water.
2.thick waxy skin in order to reduce water loss through pores.
d. Sea Cucumber
Sea cucumbers are filter feeder. Sea cucumbers often find places that have strong currents to find food.
The insulin receptors have specific shape that is compatible to the glucose molecules. The glucose molecules bind to these receptors, which tells the pancreas to release insulin in order to lower the blood glucose level. Any kind of change in the shape of these receptors because of mutation will hinder this cell communication and stop the insulin release. This will lead to high levels of blood sugar level.
