Group 1
Gene responsible for skin thickening
What is the DSG1 gene?
What is the process of feather replacement called?
What is molting?
What is the primary diet of Adélie penguins?
What are krill and fish?
Krill are dependent on this during the winter months for food and shelter
What is sea ice?
The geometric name of a penguins body shape
What is fusiform?
Causation of the loss of the ability to absorb and observe green light
What is the pseudogenization of Rh2 gene?
What are the two chambers of the penguin stomach called?
What is proventriculus and ventriculus
How do Adélie penguins survive harsh Antarctic temperatures?
What are thick fat layers and dense feathers?
Prey species that makes up the majority of the pygoscelis penguin diets
What is Antarctic Krill (Euphoria Superba)?
Name of a group of penguins
What is a waddle?
Areas in the ice that have opened up because of the underlying ocean current
What is polynyas?
Which two tissues showed the largest increase in weight during the first 30 days?
What is pectoralis and adipose tissues?
Which method provides a non-invasive way to study Adélie penguin diets?
What is fecal DNA analysis?
Because the population size and health of penguins reflect the overall health of the ecosystem they inhabit, they are often coined this type of species.
What is an indicator species?
How many penguins does the Indianapolis zoo have?
What is 42?
Molecular gene structure responsible for short limbs
What is EVC2?
What was the most common microplastic found in penguins?
What is LDPE?
What environmental change has contributed to increasing Adélie penguin populations?
What is the breakup of Antarctic ice shelves?
This is a map the energetic costs of movement for animals across a landscape, influencing their spatial distribution and movement patterns by highlighting areas of high and low energetic efficiency
What is an energy landscape?
How man tonnes of krill are harvested annually?
150,000 to 200,000
Uric Acid has a very intimate relationship with oxidative stress. (True or False)
What is False?
The two transcription factors that cause preadipocytes to mature rapidly are: PPARy and blank?
What is C/EBPB?
How closely related are Adélie penguins to emperor penguins?
What is distantly related, despite sharing habitats?
Month of the year sea ice reaches its minimum
What is September?
How many Stanley Cup championships have the Pittsburgh Penguins won?
What is 5?