Roundworms or nematodes<span> constitute the phylum Nematoda. They are a diverse </span>animal phylum inhabiting a broad range of environments. The most essential representative for this group is the <span>Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Hope this answers your question. Have a great day!</span>
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A eukaryotic cell, with the yolk representing the nucleus
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<span>Acids will break down the rocks, as the acids goes deep in the rocks cracks can form. When the cracks get to large the rock can break apart.</span>
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An object's <u>mass</u> will remain constant throughout the universe, but it's <u>weight </u>can change from planet to planet. If you increase the mass of a planet, what happens to its gravity? <u>Strength of Gravity increases.</u> If the gravity on a planet decreases, what happens to the weight of an object on that planet? <u>Weight Decreases</u>
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8. Natural selection works on variation that exists in the genes of organisms. Antelopes who have genetic variation that makes their legs more muscular are at an advantage because they can outrun predators. This increases the chance that they will reach reproductive age, and be able to pass this advantageous trait onto their offspring. Over time, this selection pressure makes the variant more common in a population.
9. Beneficial traits are those that give a selective advantage. This could be one that helps it outrun predators (like above), avoid illness and death, gives it a reproductive advantage (i.e. more attractive to mates), or makes it better able to digest certain foods, for example. The formation of cancer cells would be harmful for an organism, reducing its fitness and perhaps leading to death. The inability to reproduce would mean genetic info is not passed on to the next generation, and stopping the production of an essential protein would likely lead to death. However, resistance to a virus would help an organism avoid illness and death, improving fitness.
10. Genotypes are what organisms inherit from their parents, i.e. the genetic information that is passed on. However, the way in which different alleles interact and are expressed is the phenotype. If we take the above example, natural selection is acting on the phenotype of muscular legs. If an antelope had the muscular leg genotype but for some reason it was not being expressed (maybe another gene is interfering with it), then the antelope would not have a selective advantage, and natural selection could not be act on the trait.
11. A trait that better suits an organism to its environment will be selected for by natural selection. This is because that organism is more likely to survive due to the trait, giving it a selective advantage. Therefore, if a mutation arose making the giraffe more adapted to the environment, it would be positively selected for, and through evolution would become more common.
12. This is an example of selective breeding, which has been happening for generations. Farmers spot desirable traits, and cross horses with these traits in an attempt to enhance the trait or to ensure it is passed on to the next generation. This is not natural selection, because farmers are making it happen artificially. It is not cloning or recombinant DNA, which are terms scientists use for actually manipulating the DNA in the lab.
