Answer:
The majority of mutations are neutral in their effects on the organisms in which they occur. Beneficial mutations may become more common through natural selection. Harmful mutations may cause genetic disorders or cancer.
Explanation:
Seeds have cotyledons from where they can draw their nutrient in their early stages of development. Pollens must draw their nutrient from their environment from the start.
Seeds have an outer coating (testa) that protects the embryo and enable it to remain dormant in the soil until right conditions for growth set forth
Seeds have a fully developed embryo that can begin to grow immediately there are right conditions. However, pollen has a single cell instead of an embryo, which must undertake cell division and specialization before beginning to germinate
Euglena are single cell flagellates....they have chloroplasts so are capable of photosynthesis- like a plant...but can also “eat” other carbon sources. They belong to the Kingdom Protista.
Answer:
False, they can have recessive phenotype
Explanation:
A phenotype is a viable characteristic an individual presents as a consequence of the interaction between its environment and its genotype.
This doesn’t necessarily means that the individual’s aleles are both dominant (homozygotes), they could have one dominant and one recessive gen (heterozygotes), meaning that, if the another parent is homozygote with both recessive aleles the offspring could heritage homozygote recessive aleles that will result in a recessive phenotype.
You can observe in the image I added a punnet square that exemplifies the scenario. You can see that the offspring has 1/2 probability to have recessive phenotype.
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Answer:
The <u>pituitary</u> gland controls water balance, growth and blood pressure.
Explanation:
The pituitary gland is also called hypophysis, and is a small gland located in the skull that is responsible for secreting hormones and coordinating the activity of other glands.
Hypophysis is usually divided into two portions, adenohypophysis or anterior lobe and neurohypophysis in posterior lobe. Among other functions, the pituitary gland is in charge of
- Water balance and blood pressure, through the antidiuretic hormone or ADH secreted by the neuro-pituitary.
- Growth, through the secretion of growth hormone or GH, secreted by the somatotropic cells of the adenohypophysis.
This gland is also responsible for the secretion of oxytocin and other hormones in charge of regulating endocrine glandular activity.
Regarding the other options:
- <u><em>Thymus</em></u><em> is a gland present in children and related to immune function.
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- <u><em>Thyroid</em></u><em> is responsible for secreting hormones that control basal metabolism.
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- <u><em>Pancreas</em></u><em> has exocrine and endocrine function, producing digestive enzymes and insulin and glucagon, respectively.
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