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gymnoseperms meaning "naked seeds" are a diverse group of seed plants and are paraphyletic. paraphyletic groups are those in which not all members are descendants of a single common ancestor. gymnoseperm seeds are not enclosed in an ovary; rather, they exposed in cones or modified leaves
Answer - B
Reason - Since the area is in the tropics there will be time to time heavy precipitation, which over time the decomposed nutrients will get washed down into a run off and depleted.
Keystone predators effect their habitat by keeping the population of animals down.
The monomer units of the carbohydrates vary in their total numbers extensively. Moreover, positions of the carbonyl groups along with the orientation of the hydroxyl groups also vary in the carbohydrates' monomers. The presence of any modification is also variable.
On the other hand, the nucleic acids have only 4 monomeric units. The linkages between the nucleic acid residues have less geometry than the glycosidic linkages.