Answer:
As skin cells move toward the surface of the body, they produce a protein that reduces water loss. This process is called Keratinization.
Explanation:
Keratinization is a process which changes the stratum corneum of the skin to a hard cover which provides protection.
The process of keratinization involves polymerization of keratin polypeptides. The keratin polypeptides gets polymerized into intermediate filaments of keratin. Each of the intermediate filament of keratin constitute around 30,000 polypeptides of keratin.
Answer: Ellie is incorrect in thinking TSH is a thyroid hormone. TSH is a pituitary hormone. TSH is the hormone that tells the thyroid to either create more or less of T3 and T4. Ellie’s TSH islow because the hypothalamus is telling the pituitary gland to release lower levels of TSH because the thyroid is pumping out to high of levels of T3 and T4.
Explanation:
Answer:
b. founder effect
Explanation:
When there is a situation when sufficient number of members of one species are reproductively isolated, and if there is an evolutionary pressure for them to start developing new advantageous traits, then a new species will gradually emerge. In this kind of scenario the genetic diversity will be minimized, as the number of individuals is much smaller, and that will result in only changes that will go in only one direction and they will also occur quicker than if there was a greater genetic diversity. This is called the founder effect, and it is easy to see why this term has been chosen, as the limited number of members of a species that have been reproductively isolated are giving the foundation for the development of a new, separate species.
