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Following is the hypothetical life table for speciesWhich one of the following is the correct net reproductive rate (R0) Age Class (x) Number alive (nₓ) Number dying (dₓ) Age specific survivorship (lₓ) Age specific fertility (mₓ) 0-5 100 50 -- 0.0 5-10 50 -- 0.5 0.5 10-15 -- 10 -- 0.5 15-20 20 10 0.2 1.0 20-25 -- 10 -- 1.0

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0.0 0.3 0.7 Correct 1.5

Explanation

In following is the hypothetical life table for, 0.7 represents established outcome. functional assays confirms option C (0.7) as correct, while alternatives misstate substrate or regulatory direction, contradicting textbook data.

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