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The correct answer is - As a person ages, scoliosis may develop resulting in an abnormal spinal curvature and shorter stature.
Explanation:
Scoliosis is a condition in which spine curvature towards the sides takes place before the puberty during growth period or spurt normally. The cause of this condition could be muscle dystrophy or palsy and similar condition.
This affects the stature of an individual but not affected by age as it remains constant normally after development or growth till puberty. All other conditions are associated with the short stature and influenced by the age.
B - energy flow from one tropic level to the next
The regulatory genes are not part of the lac operon.
The correct answer is: A. stimulates secretory activity
Parasympathetic nervous system is a part of the autonomic nervous system (a division of the peripheral nervous system (PNS), so it means it regulates unconscious actions in an organism. Parasympathetic system is known as a system for stimulation of "rest-and-digest", when the body is at rest (differ than sympathetic which is active for fight-or-flight response). Parasympathetic system works usually after the meal and it is involved in the functions such as, secretory activities (salivation, lacrimation ), urination, digestion and defecation..
The offspring of sexually reproducing organisms are all genetically unique. Because of this, sexually reproducing organisms may have more successful survival of offspring in environments that change than asexually reproducing organisms, whose offspring are all genetically identical.