A nutrition researcher finds that placing young rats on a completely fat-free diet results in abnormal growth, unhealthy skin and fur, and a shortened lifespan. However, if the fat-free diet is supplemented with plant material, then the young rats show none of these symptoms.

Which of the following statements explain why plant material prevents the symptoms?

a. The plant material contains phytoestrogens that stimulate the synthesis of linoleate in the skin
b. Prostaglandin synthesis from linoleate requires inorganic cofactors found only in plant material
c. Ingesting plant material inoculates the rat gut with bacteria that synthesize linoleate
d. Linoleate is an essential fatty acid for animals and is commonly found in plant material
e. Plants express the enzymes required to synthesize linolea.2me

Wind energy is plentiful in regions with vast open spaces it is a non polluting renewable resource what could be an economic factor that makes the use of this resource less feasible then non renewable resource even in such regions

In this experiment you were asked to present three possible mechanisms. describe those mechanisms here and include drawings of those mechanisms. how will the bromination of trans-cinnamic acid and trans-stilbene allow you to distinguish between the three possibilities? what would you expect to find in your data in each scenario?

The collared lizard is a species found in the desert southwest. male collared lizards show considerable color variation, ranging from brightly colored to a very dull pattern. your goal is to determine the function, if any, of male color patterns in collared lizards, using the scientific method. your tentative explanation is that male color plays a role in attracting females for mating purposes. you predict that females will preferentially choose brightly colored males over dull-colored ones. to test this prediction, you observed the interactions of female collared lizards with their male counterparts. you selected males that were the same age and size, and that differed only in their coloration pattern. you placed equal numbers of the two types of male lizards, bright and dull, in aquariums, along with one female lizard per aquarium. out of 350 aquariums observed, the female chose to mate with the brightly colored male 277 times, and the dull-colored male 70 times. in 3 instances, the females did not mate with either type. create a bar graph of your data, plotting the type of male (dull or brightly colored) on the x-axis. on the y-axis, plot the frequency with which each type of male was chosen by females. using this graph, answer the following question(s). is it reasonable to conclude (i.e., is it supported by the data) that female collared lizards prefer more brightly colored male lizards over dull-colored males?