Question

Animals like cockroaches, lizards and mice share buildings of human dwellings. Such animals are:
A. Transgenic
B. Transplant
C. Inquilines
D. Endemic

Answer 1

Dwelling is simple words defined as the place where people live (for example, house, building, apartment, etc.) or a place that is utilized for habitation. Cockroach, mice, and lizards are the animals that distinctively live commensally in the nest, tunnel or inhabiting the area of an animal of another species.

Complete answer:
● The word inquiline is derived from the Latin word inquilines which means lodger or tenant.
● Inquiline is the animals that live commensally in the nest, tunnel, or inhabiting a place of an animal of another species. For example, some organisms such as insects may live in the houses of gophers and feed on detritus, fungi, roots, and so on.
● Endemic Species is defined as the one that is just found in that area and no place else on the planet. As such they are of preservation concern since they are not far-reaching and might be restricted to just a couple of conserved regions.
● The transgene is defined as the gene or genetic material that has been transported naturally, or by any of several genetic engineering procedures starting with one living being and on to the next.
● The beginning of a transgene can change the phenotype of a living being. Transplant indicates to eliminate, and plant in somewhere else; as to relocate trees.
So, the correct answer is C i.e. Inquilines.

Note: Cockroach, mice, and rats are indoor pests. They need food, water, and shelter to live the same as humans. They produced allergens that attack those people who had asthma. Cockroaches can induce an “asthma attack” in those people which have asthma and are also allergic to cockroaches. They also cause asthma in young children, when at least one parent has asthma.