Apopulation contains short plants and tall plants. the short plants plants are not able to compete with tall plants for sunlight. the tall plants, however are more susceptible to wind damage. which type of selection are the plants experiencing

How do tides affect the organisms living in intertidal zones? a. no organisms live in intertidal zones due to the tumultuous environment. b. the mechanical forces of the waves keeps the organisms clean. c. only plants live in intertidal zones because the animals float away with the waves and never return. d. the mechanical forces of the waves can dislodge the organisms from their habitat.

You have just sequenced a new protein found in mice and observe that sulfur-containing cysteine residues occur at regular intervals. what is the significance of this finding? it will be important to include cysteine in the diet of the mice. cysteine residues are required for the formation of α helices and β pleated sheets. cysteine residues are involved in disulfide bridges that form tertiary structure. cysteine causes bends, or angles, to occur in the tertiary structure of proteins.

The double bond between a carbon atom and two oxygen atoms (a molecule of carbon dioxide) has two characteristics. what are they? a.an ionic bond is formed between the oxygen and carbon atoms. b.four valence electrons are shared. c.two valence electrons are shared. d.valence electrons are shared between oxygen atoms.