Purple sea stars are found in the pacific ocean. they prey on common mussels, suppressing the mussel population in the intertidal zone of the pacific northwest. by controlling the mussel population, sea stars enable the ecosystem to support other invertebrates. experimental data suggests that purple sea stars are a keystone species in the intertidal zone of the pacific northwest.
what will most likely happen to this ecosystem if the purple sea star is permanently removed?

Considering the yellow and green pea color phenotypes studied by gregor mendel: a. what is the biochemical function of the protein that is specified by the gene responsible for the pea color phenotype? (1 point) b. a null allele of a gene is an allele that does not specify (or encode) any of the biochemical function that the gene normally provides (in other words, either no protein at all or only non-functional protein is produced from it). of the two alleles, y and y, which is more likely to be a null allele? (1 point) c. in terms of the underlying biochemistry, why is the y allele dominant to the y allele? (2 points) d. why are peas that are yy homozygotes green? (1 point) e. the amount of protein produced from a gene is roughly proportional to the number of functional copies of the gene carried by a cell or individual. what do the phenotypes of yy homozygotes, yy heterozygotes, and yy homozygotes tell us about the amount of sgr enzyme needed to produce a yellow color? explain your reasoning. (2 points)

If animal agriculture was eliminated, how much grain would become available for human consumption?

The hematodinium parasite becomes less of a problem for the blue crab when the crab is very young. fishing is thriving in the region. the crab moves to less salty water. a significant percentage of the population is impacted.