Campbell Biology
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781269937832
Author: Reece, Urry, Cain, Wasserman, Minorsky, Jackson
Publisher: Pearson Custom Publishing
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Chapter 7, Problem 7TYU
EVOLUTION CONNECTION Paramecium and other unicellular eukaryotes that live in hypotonic environments have cell membranes that limit water uptake, while those living in isotonic environments have membranes that are more permeable to water. Describe what water regulation adaptations might have evolved in unicellular eukaryotes in hypertonic habitats such as the Great Salt Lake and in habitats with changing salt concentration.
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