An allele is a variant of a gene. Each cell has two alleles (one per parent) for each gene: one dominant, one recessive. ... Locus is to some extent interchangeable with gene, though locus is less specific and doesn't imply that the location codes for an entire gene
Vestigial organs or parts of the body
are those that has lost its function in the course of evolution. These organs
or parts have degenerated or atrophied. It can appear as remaining small or
imperfectly developed. An example is the tiny eyes on an insect living in a
lightless cave.
Water is the substance that does not use the aid of an active transport in the absorption of blood capillarities inside the kidney. An active transport would only be applicable if the molecule requires being transferred from an area lower concentration to the area of higher concentration across a membrane.
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The correct answer is explained below:
Explanation:
- Flooding and intrusion of salt water in the low lying areas can adversely affect human life. This can happen in the following ways:
- Flooding can cause many people to die due to drowning in the flood water.
- Many people lose their habitat and all their belongings due to the entry of water into the settlements having only the ground floors. These people need to rehabilitated to safer regions.
- The saline water percolates through the ground and mixes with the fresh water present in the water table, thereby making them saline and non-consumable.
- People have to face the dearth of food, drinking water, clothes and electricity until rescue operations are sent.
- Increased chance of transmission of water-communicable or water-borne diseases like diarrhoea.
