A single litterbag with poplar leaf litter has been placed on the forest floor at Coweeta. This bag was harvested and arthropods extracted from it. The sample contains mainly springtails, oribatid mites, predatory mesostigmatid mites, pseudoscorpions, and small spiders. At which stage of decomposition is the leaf litter in this litterbag when it was harvested? a. Fresh
b. Early
c. Mid
d. Late

Often, caries will develop in an area of the tooth that's not readily accessible. which cavity preparation form defines this? a. retention b. resistance c. outline d. convenience

Coat color in cats is determined by genes at several different loci. at one locus on the x chromosome, one allele (x ) encodes black fur and another allele (xo) encodes orange fur. females can be black (x x ), orange (xoxo), or a mixture of orange and black called tortoiseshell (x xo). males are either black (x y) or orange (xoy). bill has a female tortoiseshell cat named patches. one night, patches escapes from bill\'s house, spends the night out, and mates with a stray male. patches later gives birth to the following kittens: one orange male, one black male, two tortoiseshell females, and one orange female. what are the genotypes of patches, the stray male, and the kittens?

Do you think the gene eef1 alpha1 supports cell theory? explain your response.