In response to seasonal changes in temperature, many organisms must alter the composition of their plasma membranes to maintain the proper degree of fluidity. as summer turns to fall and eventually into winter, which of the following would you predict you would observe in the plasma membranes of organisms that are unable to regulate their body temperature? a. a decrease in phospholipid fatty acid side chain saturation and a decrease in cholesterolb. a decrease in phospholipid fatty acid side chain saturation and an increase in cholesterolc. an increase in phospholipid fatty acid side chain saturation and an increase in cholesterold. an increase in phospholipid fatty acid side chain saturation and a decrease in cholesterol

Keeping in mind the life cycle of bacteriophages, consider the following problem: during the reproductive cycle of a temperate bacteriophage, the viral dna inserts into the bacterial chromosome where the resultant prophage behaves much like a trojan horse. it can remain quiescent, or it can become lytic and initiate a burst of progeny viruses. several operons maintain the prophage state by interacting with a repressor that keeps the lytic cycle in check. insults (ultraviolet light, for example) to the bacterial cell lead to a partial breakdown of the repressor, which in turn causes the production of enzymes involved in the lytic cycle. as stated in this simple form, would you consider this system of regulation to be operating under positive or negative control?

Which of the following best describes the expensive tissue hypothesis? brains require more energy, so the gut had to be reduced, and larger brains and tool use led to higher quality diets. increasing body size means that homo neanderthalensis had to include more fat in its diet. brains require more energy, so the gut had to be reduced as brains got bigger. brains require more fat, so the gastrointestinal viscera (gut) had to expand, and hands were needed to acquire more food.

Australopithecus robustus was likely the longest-surviving species of australopithecine in south africa. it had: a. large molars, a big face, and a sagittal crest. b. a large body, large teeth, and a sagittal crest. c. a big brain, big teeth, and a big face. d. a big face, large teeth, and a large body