Coprophagy is important for the nutritional balance of rabbits and their relatives.
The behaviors of the rabbit, rat, mouse, hamster, guinea pig and chinchilla have all been linked to coprophagy, which is the act of an animal re-consuming its own discharged excrement. Cecotrophy is a better name for it.
The omnivorous rats, mice, and hamster display cecotrophy to a lesser level than herbivores' hindgut fermenters like the rabbit, guinea pig, and chinchilla. In order to boost the supply of folic acid and vitamin B12, it may rise during pregnancy and lactation.
Coprophagy is an intrinsic behavior triggered by the reflex, despite the fact that modern diets make it unnecessary for survival.
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Answer:
This question lacks options, the options are:
1. an ecosystem completely out of balance
2. how ecosystems maintain stability over time
3. interaction between biotic and abiotic factors within an ecosystem
4. ecological succession
The answer is 2
Explanation:
An ecosystem comprises of biotic organisms, abiotic substances etc. that interact with one another. The biotic components of an ecosystem are known to feed on one another in order to obtain energy. However, stability of an ecosystem must be maintained between predators and prey or else there will be extinction of many species of organisms.
One way balance in an ecosystem is maintained over time is by the increase and decrease in population of predators and preys in an ecosystem. For example, If the population of hawks (predator) in an area increases, their prey populations might decrease because there will be less predation.
Also, at a later time, when there is a fewer population of prey, the hawk population might decrease because there is less food to eat. The prey populations might then increase.
Answer:
Step 1: Initiation - begins at the region of the DNA called the Promoter
Step 2: Elongation - the enzyme RNA polymerase reads the bases in the unwound unwound DNA strand and adds complimentary RNA nucleotides to create a new RNA strand.
Step 3: Termination - the process ends when the enzyme reaches a region of DNA called the termination or stop sequence which indicates the end of the transcription.
Explanation:
Transcription is the process in which RNA molecules are synthesized from the information stored in the DNA found in the nucleus. The region of the DNA that codes for genes is transcribed, or copied, into messenger RNA, known as mRNA, which then leaves the nucleus and enters into the cytoplasm where the information it carries is used to synthesize proteins.
Transcription occurs in three steps which are summarized below:
Step 1: Initiation - begins at the region of the DNA called the Promoter
Step 2: Elongation - the enzyme RNA polymerase reads the bases in the unwound DNA strand and adds complimentary RNA nucleotides to create a new RNA strand.
Step 3: Termination - the process ends when the enzyme reaches a region of DNA called the termination or stop sequence which indicates the end of the transcription.
