Only mutations that involve chromosomal rearrangements can result in the fusion of two different genes, which could code for a chimeric protein such as the BCR-ABL protein. Simple point mutations--insertion, deletion, or replacement of a single nucleotide--do not result in the fusion of two different genes. Which type of chromosomal rearrangement accounts for the creation of the gene that encodes the BCR-ABL chimeric protein

Darius is observing a family of geese, which includes a male goose, female goose, and several goslings. when a dog approaches the geese, the male goose hisses at the dog and flaps its wings threateningly. is the behavior of the male goose an example of an adaptation?

This is a typical grassland food web. it is also a small picture of an important cycle on earth: the carbon cycle. describe how the carbon gets into this food web. a) bacteria and fungi, the decomposers, recycle carbon from dead organisms. b) carbon is found in the grass and is passed from one level to the next in this food web. eliminate c) all living things give off carbon dioxide as a by-product of respiration and it is released into the atmosphere. d) plants use carbon dioxide as a reactant in photosynthesis, to make usable chemical energy in the form of a sugar.

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.