The female anopheles mosquito is vector for the malarial pathogen.
what does the term 'vector' actually mean?

What is the ecological role of food chains and food webs

Paleontologists have found plant fossils deep within the layers of the north polar region. these leaf fossils have been labeled as to the rock layers they were found in, with the lower numbers being layers close to the earth's surface and higher numbers representing deeper layers. according to the numbers of these four leaf fossils, what might you infer?

Adaptive radiations can be a direct consequence of four of the following five factors. select the exception. a) vacant ecological niches b) genetic drift c) colonization of an isolated region that contains suitable habitat and few competitor species d) evolutionary innovation e) an adaptive radiation in a group of organisms (such as plants) that