Afarmer wants to improve the quality of meat from her pigs to improve her earnings. she breeds together one pig from a line of compact individuals with very moist and tasty meat to another pig from a line of larger individuals with relatively tough and stringy meat. most of the offspring are even larger than the large parent, with even more tender meat. what genetic effect is in action here? .

Part a - prefixes, roots, and suffixes match these prefixes, suffixes and roots to their meanings. phospho- angio- -uria -tropic -phag- a. the word root means blood or lymph vessels. b. the word root means urine. c. the word root means feeding or eating. d. the word root means phosphate or phosphorus. e. the word root means attracted specifically to the specified organ or tissue. part b – match these vocabulary terms to their meanings. gonadotropic polyuria angiotensin ii polyphagia phosphodiesterase upon the release of renin, is produced and stimulates vasoconstriction and the release of aldosterone. fsh and lh are examples of hormones, which target the ovaries or testes. an enzyme that degrades second messengers like camp or cgmp is . overproduction of urine, or , is a sign of diabetes mellitus. overeating, or , is a sign associated with diabetes mellitus.

Explain how paleontologists use trilobite fossils as index fossils for various geologic time periods.

The most famous fossil called archaeopteryx is which of the following? a dinosaur a fern a fish a bird